Workshops
CREATE’s workshops are designed for Renewable Energy faculty, administrators, and industry experts.
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STEM Educator Virtual Solar Institute
April 2023
Would you like to learn how solar PV works & develop lesson plans for your classroom? Please join CREATE for the Virtual PV Solar Institute
Included with the course:
- Six complete solar PV lesson packages (and access to many more!)
- $200 in solar PV equipment to implement CREATE’s lessons (classroom solar module, electrical meters, solar power meter).
- Professional instruction using CREATE’s lessons and equipment in your classroom.
- Opportunity to win up to $1000 through Teaching Innovation competitions by demonstrating effective use of your lesson plan in the classroom.
- Lab equipment award application to request student sets of solar PV equipment to support teaching solar in your classroom (valued at $1200).
For questions contact Liz Reinke at Madison College: Ereinke@madisoncollege.edu
We look forward to seeing you online in April!
2023 NC STEM Educator Energy Institute
June 27-29, 2023
Interested in learning new ways to incorporate effective and engaging renewable energy in your classroom?
Apply to the 2023 NC STEM Educator Energy Institute and learn from a team of technical educators with over 50 years of renewable energy experience.
The Institute, put on in collaboration with Central Carolina Community College, the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education (CREATE), and the National Science Foundation, is designed to provide educators:
● An opportunity to gain hands-on experience with tools of the trade
● Complete classroom and lab activities that will bring solar energy to life in your classroom.
● A chance to network with other STEM and Energy Instructors
● Access to funds for materials to use in your classroom
When: Tuesday, June 27th – Thursday, June 29th 2023
Where: Central Carolina Community College in Pittsboro, NC
Each Institute Participants will receive:
✔ Free Hotel and Meal (breakfast & lunch) Accommodations
✔ $600 stipend upon completion of the Institute
✔ One Graduate Credit (optional, $60 cost to participant)
✔ Equipment award up to $1200/participant for classroom supplies
✔ Access to all of the CREATE energy curriculum modules
Deadline for Applications is April 30, 2023
For more information contact: Andrew McMahan at amcma576@cccc.edu
919-545-8036
7th Annual Wisconsin STEM Educator Solar Institute
July 11-13, 2023
Learn how to teach solar principles in effective, engaging ways in your classroom!
Join us in Madison for the STEM Educator Solar Institute.
At the Institute, you’ll use tools of the trade to install and commission a residential size solar photovoltaic array. You’ll review and practice necessary safety measures and electrical principles. Finally, you’ll perform (and take with you) ready to use hands-on classroom lab activities that will enable you to bring solar energy to life in your classroom.
- Tuesday, July 11 – Thursday, July 13, 2023
- Class morning and afternoon at Madison College’s Commercial Avenue campus and outdoor solar photovoltaic training yard
- Hotel accommodations in downtown Madison for two nights provided, along with breakfast and lunch
- $600 stipend paid to participants after full completion of the Academy
- One graduate credit available (estimated cost $60)
Join us in Madison!
For more information view our YouTube Video or contact Joel Shoemaker at Madison College: jbshoemaker@madisoncollege.edu
Delaware STEM Educator Institute
July 18-20, 2023
Would you like to learn how to teach sustainable energy principles in effective, engaging ways in your classroom?
Join us at Delaware Tech for the STEM Educator Energy Institute. At the Institute, you will learn fundamentals of Energy Efficiency and Solar (photovoltaics). During this three day Energy Institute, we will look at data analysis, energy efficiency and solar photovoltaics.
You will get to use tools of the trade to evaluate solar locations for suitability, perform data logging to perform an energy audit of a classroom, and provide resources and lesson plans you can take and implement in your school.
Finally, you’ll perform (and take with you) ready to use hands-on classroom lab activities that will enable you to bring renewable energy, energy efficiency and data analysis to life in your classroom.
When & Where: Tuesday, July 18th — Thursday, July 20th 2023. Class morning and afternoon at Delaware Technical Community College in Dover, Delaware.
- Hotel accommodations provided, along with breakfast and lunch
- $600 stipend paid to participants after full completion of the Academy
- One graduate credit available from Colorado School of Mines (estimated cost $60)
For more information contact Jennifer Clemons at Delaware Technical Community College: jclemons@dtcc.edu or 302-857-1308
We look forward to seeing you in Delaware!
2023 Wisconsin Solar Plus Storage Institute
August 1-3, 2023
Learn innovative teaching practices in solar and storage to use in your classroom!
Join us in Madison for the Solar Plus Storage Institute. You will be guided through hands-on lessons designed to teach students the fundamentals behind energy storage systems and how Solar + Energy Storage works as a whole. At the institute, you’ll use tools of the trade to insall and commission a residential size solar photovoltaic array with battery storage. You will learn how to integrate this system with electric vehicle charging stations. Finally, use the hands-on lessons provided during the institute in your classroom and give your students an introduction to this booming industry.
Included with the workshop:
- Hotel accommodations for two nights in downtown Madison
- Breakfast and lunch
- $600 stipend after completion of the Institute
- Access to participant equipment awards
When: August 1-3, 2023
Where: Madison College’s Commercial Avenue campus and outdoor training yard
Contact Liz Reinke at: EReinke@madisoncollege.edu
