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We’re excited to celebrate Black History Month with you this February! If you haven't gotten a chance to explore it yet, we’re pleased to once again highlight our lesson on Black Leaders in Energy. We invite all of our readers to make use of this lesson, incorporate all or part of it in your teaching, and give us your feedback.
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And don’t forget: KEEP connects with future educators at workshops on campuses all semester long! This spring we will be working with pre-service educators at Carroll University, Fox Valley Technical College, UW-Eau Claire, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Parkside, UW-Stevens Point, Viterbo University, and Waukesha County Technical College.
Don't see your school on the list? Reach out to us at keep@uwsp.edu with a contact suggestion.
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Workshop spotlight
HVAC Resources for the Classroom
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We get it. HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) isn't an acronym that's particularly exciting.
You don't find yourself at dinner parties talking enthusiastically about HVAC.
Or, if you're our kind of educator, maybe you do.
HVAC plays a crucial, if often unheralded, role in our built environment. It's also a growth industry, and particularly as climate change drives temperature extremes, it plays an increasingly important role in both career and energy education.
Are your HVAC knowledge and classroom resources up to the challenge of preparing your students for the future?
Celebrate Career and Technical Education Month and join KEEP and our partners for a FREE 2-part HVAC Resources for the Classroom webinar series Feb. 15 and 22.
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Elementary classrooms are invited to join KEEP & CESA 12 for a virtual Cool Career Day field trip. Five guest speakers will present throughout the day. Each presentation will be 20 minutes long, followed by 10 minutes for students’ Q&A.
Date & Time: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Thursday May 2, 2024
Platform: Zoom
Fee: $20/classroom
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2024 STEM Educator Solar Institutes | |
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The 2024 STEM Educator Virtual Solar Institute will be held April 13, 17, 20, 24, and 27.
Participants will receive $1,400 in equipment.
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The 2024 Solar Institute will be held July 9-11 at Madison College in Madison.
Participants will receive a $600 stipend and $1,200 in equipment. Lodging and meals are included. Apply soon before they fill up!
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The 2024 Solar Plus Storage Institute will be held July 23-25 at Madison College in Madison.
Participants will receive a $600 stipend and $1,200 in equipment. Lodging and meals are included. Apply soon before they fill up!
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Glen Hills Middle School plans to get KidWind wind turbine kits so students can learn about renewable energy in their science classes and STEM club. | |
Evansville High School plans to purchase and install timers on the copiers throughout their school in order to turn off energy to them when they aren’t in use. | |
Lourdes Academy Elementary School plans to install a timer for the lights in their greenhouse, and switch some of the lights to LED grow lights for improved efficiency. | |
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Are your students interested in money for a sustainability project? The spring grant application dates are coming up fast! Idea Forms are due March 1!
Join us February 12 or 21 at 4 p.m. via Zoom for a free, virtual information session.
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Congratulations to the schools who were just awarded funding for new buses through the Clean School Bus Grant Program:
- Madison, getting 5 electric buses
- Black Hawk, getting 2 electric buses
- St. Croix, getting 2 electric buses
- La Farge, getting 1 electric bus
- Clintonville, getting 5 propane buses
- Green Bay, getting 20 propane buses
- Menasha, getting 15 propane buses
- Milwaukee, getting 25+ electric buses and 15 propane buses
The Clean School Bus Rebate Program deadline has been extended until February 14. Submit your application today!
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Did we mention that February is Career and Technical Education Month!
Continuing our series spotlighting clean energy careers, share with your students about HVAC careers with a video, lesson slideshow, and student sheet.
Or check out the entire series, plus additional resources, here.
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Utility Spotlight
KEEP is funded by six utilities in Wisconsin - Alliant Energy, Madison Gas & Electric, We Energies, Wisconsin Public Service, WPPI Energy and Xcel Energy.
As we continue to appreciate the work of the utilities which fund KEEP, we want to share a useful resource by We Energies to calculate the electrical usage of appliances.
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Once students understand how to measure and multiply out the electrical usage of an appliance over time (Try using this worksheet with our Energy Audit Kit), use the calculator from We Energies to quickly calculate the monthly and annual electricity costs for dozens of different appliances. Which appliances contribute the most to a household energy bill?
Also don’t forget that We Energies is among several utilities in the state to have donated Watt Meters to local public libraries. Ask your local librarian whether the library has a Watt Meter for checkout, or can request one from another library in the system!
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The KEEP program is funded with generous support by Alliant Energy, Madison Gas and Electric, We Energies, Wisconsin Public Service, WPPI Energy, and Xcel Energy. | | | | |
