Welcome to Connecticut Energy Education!

We are a curriculum resource for educators featuring the energy topics in the Connecticut high school curriculum. Issues and topics are explored with a Connecticut focus, and with an emphasis on solutions that students can implement. We offer information, lessons, labs and activities in:

Come join us for a summer fieldtrip!     To register for either trip, email Laurel Kohl at KOHLL@easternct.edu before August 1.     ISO New England and the Jiminy Peak Wind Turbine Fieldtrip August 11, 2008 ISO New England is the independent system operator for the New England Electric Grid. Learn about what it takes to keep our lights on! Jiminy Peak has a 1.5 MW wind turbine that is 386' from ground to tip. It supplies 1/3 of the electric needs of the ski resort.     Millstone Nuclear Power Plant Tour and Lessons Monday, August 18, 2008 9 am - 2 pm   Lesson set on Energy in Connecticut including our reliance on nuclear power Plant Tour of Millstone Station Tour of Millstone's Environmental Lab Lunch provided CEUs Registration is required by August 8, 2008 for security reasons. A photo id will be required the morning of the tour.   ************************       CT Energy Education wants to come to your school to do a workshop, this spring, summer or next fall!   If you arrange for a workshop, you or your department can earn $150. All you and/or your department would need to do is: Arrange for the room Recruit 8-10 teachers to attend You can draw from just your building, the district, or combine districts Provide some support on the day of the workshop Help us arrange for CEUs if possible (we would provide the appropriate info and data needed by your CEU coordinator) Remain in touch with us for changes needed CT Energy Education will: Bring all materials Provide snacks Complete info forms/attendance/evaluations needed for CEUs Remain in touch with your about changes Pay you or your department $150 We suggest the following: Invite high school science teachers—9th grade, general science, environmental science at high school level have the most common interest in the materials Invite your science supervisor(s) and curriculum support administrators Invite middle school staff, the materials may be used as a strong interdisciplinary unit. If your team has an interest in this, invite all interested core teachers. Lessons in the materials have strong mathematics, social studies, and language arts ties, although the core framework alignment has not been completed in these areas yet.

	Looking to reduce your carbon footprint? We are starting a Low Carbon Diet Workgroup. You may join us as a "virtual" member. We will share our format, support documents, successes and challenges. The group is meeting at Eastern CT State University from 2/14/08 to 3/6/08. You can join us anytime during that timespan as a member!
Connecticut middle and high school students are invited to take the Cool It Challenge and create a local solution to climate change. Learn about climate science Understand how human activities are contributing to climate change Create a plan to help solve the problem Prizes up to $10,000 !
JUST ONE THING! Connecticut's Governor Jodi Rell's ONE THING campaign kicks off at the end of September.
Governor Rell challenges us to "Think about it: If everyone in Connecticut did one thing that would be 3.5 million OneThings. If everyone in the state did one thing a day, every day, that would be more than a billion OneThings over the course of a year a billion ways to reduce greenhouse gases, save energy and save money. That's enough to have a truly profound impact, to make a real difference. OneThing really can change everything." www.OneThingCT.com
Eastern Connecticut State University won a 2007 silver Connecticut Quality Improvement Award (CQIA) Innovation Prize for its numerical-results directed innovation: CTEnergyEducation.com!
Presentations now online! Energy Issues in Connecticut Presented by Laurel Kohl 8/1/07 The presentation is 1:18:04 with both the Power Point slides and the narrative 12 Steps to a Sustainable High School Presented by Bill Leahy 8/1/07 The presentation is 46:44 with both the Power Point slides and the narrative Improving Building Performance in Schools Presented by Bill Leahy 8/1/07 The presentation is 55:11 with both the Power Point slides and the narrative Brand New - Stabilization Wedges Game - Play the game and see the choices your students make to creatively avoid doubling atmospheric CO2 There's a Thief in My Kitchen - Compact Fluorescent Lab and Exercise for the Middle Grades Ecological Footprint in the Middle Grades Connecticut Energy and Climate Change Information Looking for Climate Change reading suggestions or gifts? Here are some book suggestions from members of the Connecticut Climate Action Plan's Education Committee Ecological Footprint - Join the Footprint Database! Join the CT Energy Education CFL Challenge After your class calculates the kilowatt hour, CO2 and cost savings of the replacement of their 5 most-used bulbs, let us know how it adds up. Email your additions and join the list! Workshops: It's not too soon to start planning for the 2008-09 year. Would you like CT Energy to come to your school for a workshop?? Schedule a workshop for your school! Want either an Introduction to CT Energy Education, or an intensive hands-on workshop with the lessons? Get the help you need, CEUs, and earn $150 for yourself or your department!
The lessons in CT Energy Education are focused on high school students, although many apply to students from 5th grade to college. Materials are open for all to use. They include an emphasis on Connecticut's energy issues and student solutions. All lessons are aligned to the Connecticut Science Frameworks.

To learn more about questions you may have about Connecticut energy information, including Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy Options, Utility Information for Restructuring, Energy Assistance, Environmental Issues, Consumer Issues and Research & Public Policy, visit Connecticut Energy Information at www.CTEnergyInfo.com

Connecticut Energy Education is funded by Connecticut electric ratepayers through the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund. The Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern Connecticut State University provides the educational materials, development and administration for the program.