Stanislaus County 4th-8th grade teachers get training, class kits
Agnes Baptist Elementary teacher Marie David and Denair Middle School science teacher Barry Cole connect solar cells to power a tiny fan during a Stanislaus County Office of Education training on teaching solar science Wednesday in Modesto.
[February 4th, 2015]
Twenty teachers eager to bring hands-on energy experiments into their classrooms spent a day trying them out and jotting down lecture notes for when they fly solo. The daylong training came about with nonprofit groups’ expertise, county office coordination and community cash.
Twenty classroom kits filled with tiny solar cells, volt and amp readers, and solar car kits, valued at $750 each, are going back to campuses around Stanislaus County with the teachers. Trainers from Solar Schoolhouse and Solar 4R Schools, the programs of two nonprofits, laid out the lessons to teach with the kits. Read more ›
Participating Educators learn the fundamentals and history of passive solar design, solar thermal, and solar electricity, then apply these lessons in a variety of projects (simple solar ovens, model solar homes, solar powered fountains, cell phone chargers, LED lights, and more). Lessons are adapted to your teaching situation and aligned with Common Core & Next Generation Science Standard goals.