2017 PEEP 2.0 Workshop for Returning Teachers - Philadelphia, PA 

If you are unable to complete your registration please email wmoss@need.org to be placed on the wait list.

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WHAT YOU’LL RECEIVE:

• Substitute reimbursement
• PA Professional development hours
• Breakfast, lunch, and parking
• PA standards based curriculum
• Your choice of a hands-on NEED kit
• The opportunity to apply to participate in the PECO Innovation Challenge
• The opportunity to request an educational energy audit for your school 

ABOUT THE NEED PROJECT
The NEED Project designs and delivers teacher-tested educational materials, evaluation techniques and tools, recognition of student achievement, and professional development for educators. NEED materials and training programs provide comprehensive, objective information about the scientific concepts of energy and the sources of energy – their use and their impact on the environment, the economy and society. 

7:30 a.m.         Registration & Breakfast

Take the pre-test and play energy name game!

8:00 a.m.         Welcome and Introduction to PEEP 2.0 program offerings

8:30 a.m.         Brown Bag It

Experiment with hands-on energy transformation activities in a fun way, and develop challenges for students to solve.  

9:30 a.m.         Sources of Energy and the PA Energy and Electricity Picture

Learn about the nation’s energy resources as they are used to generate electricity. Compare U.S. consumption to that of the Commonwealth.

10:15 a.m.       Energy Simulation Fun

This example of a classroom simulation will give participants insight into energy transformations in a nuclear power plant. Participants will also explore simulations and their benefits for teaching tough concepts.

11:00 a.m.       Operation Innovation

Participants will explore energy challenges within the NEED energy-source kits. Each group will complete the challenge and re-tool the challenge with their students in mind, and photo/video document their work to create a sharable work sample of innovation for  their students.

12:00 p.m.      Audience Participation Lunch

Grab lunch and participate in a fun energy activity at the same time!

12:45 p.m.      PV Ping Pong

How DOES that photoelectric effect work, anyway?

1:15 p.m.         Operation Innovation, continued!  

2:15 p.m.         Baseload Balance

Are you a load? Are you demanding? Explore how utilities manage demand with generation.  

3:00 p.m.         Wrap Up – Evaluation, Act 48 credits, and Kit requests

3:30 p.m.         Adjourn