CREATE’s workshops are designed for Renewable Energy faculty, administrators, and industry experts.
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Included with the course:
For questions contact Liz Reinke at Madison College: Ereinke@madisoncollege.edu
We look forward to seeing you online in April!
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
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.
Join us in Madison!
For more information view our YouTube Video or contact Joel Shoemaker at Madison College: jbshoemaker@madisoncollege.edu
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.
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!
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:
When: August 1-3, 2023
Where: Madison College’s Commercial Avenue campus and outdoor training yard
Contact Liz Reinke at: EReinke@madisoncollege.edu