NESEA Environmental Education

Topics: Conservation, Passive Solar, Active Solar, Photovotaics, Wind, Hydro/Tidal/Ocean Thermal, Biomass/Biofuels, Global Warming, Transportation

Source: Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)

Web Address: www.nesea.org

Grade Levels: K-12

Learning Strategies: Reading/comprehension, Hands-on, Inquiry-based

Frameworks Connections:

Science and Technology/Engineering

• Earth and Space Science, Grades 9, 10

1. Matter and Energy in Earth System
2. The Earth's Sources of Energy

• Biology, Grades 9, 10

6. Ecology

• Chemistr,y Grades 10, 11

 1. Properties of Matter

• Physics Grades 9,10

3. Heat and Heat Transfer

• Technology/Engineering, Grades 9,10

1. Engineering Design
2. Construction Technologies
3. Energy and Power Technologies – Fluid Systems
4. Energy and Power Technologies – Thermal Systems
5. Energy and Power Technologies – Electrical Systems

• Earth and Space Science, Grades 6-8

Heat Transfer in the Earth System

• Life Sciences, Grades 6-8

Living Things and their Environment
Changes in Ecosystems over Time

• Physical Sciences, Grades 6-8

Heat Energy

• Technology/Engineering, Grades 6-8

2. Engineering Design

Mathematics

• Number Sense and Operations, Grades 5 -10

• Patterns, Relations, and Algebra, Grades 5 - 10

• Measurement, Grades 5- 6

Cost: Free

Description: Several free publications are available from the NESEA web site or can be ordered for the cost of shipping and handling. These include:
three middle school lesson sets;

• Getting Around Without Gasoline
• Getting Around Clean & Green
• Travel Solutions to Global Warming

a high school unit on alternative fuels;

• Cars of Tomorrow and the American Community

several elementary-Levels resources;

• Choose Your Future Adventure Game
• Trip Tally: Discovering Environmental Solution
• Totally Tree-Mendous Activities

Additional resources are available through a web-based resource list of educational materials, videos, resource books, and websites on sustainable transportation. NESEA also runs educational programs for teachers and students as follows:

1) the Northeast Regional Junior Solar Sprint that invites middle school students to participate in a miniature solar car competition run by area coordinators from the mid-Atlantic states, New England, and New York;

2) the Tour de Sol: The Great American Green Transportation Festival, a clean-vehicle championship that invites high school students to build an electric or hybrid vehicle and enter the event, and invites students of all ages to take a field trip to the event and receive a guided tour of the vehicles

3) training workshops, conferences, and summer institutes for teachers.