BEF’s award-winning Solar 4R Schools Program continues to raise the bar for teachers, students and schools who join the program. Just last month, the team produced several renewable energy activity videos to supplement educational materials available in the program’s science kits and activity guides.
These videos, available on the Solar4RSchools.org web site here (link: http://www.b-e-f.org/solar4rschools/node/752) showcase renewable energy experiments we’ve developed and help teachers build the materials available in the science kits.
These videos are designed to jumpstart the learning process by giving teachers and students valuable instructions in an easy-to-digest format. Teacher Champions in the program will also be given access to premium video content through the Teacher Champion section of the web site. Visit www.Solar4RSchools.org and click on the Learn section for more information.
Since the beginnings of the Solar 4R Schools Program, one of the most popular tools available to schools was the informational kiosk that displays real-time production data from the school’s photovoltaic system. These touch-screen kiosks are roughly the size of an ATM machine and are typically placed in high traffic areas of the school, like in the lobby or library. These kiosks have proved valuable in providing students with a way to interact with the energy generated by their school’s solar electric system and learn more about the benefits of renewable energy technology.
This spring, the Solar 4R Schools team is proud to announce that it has revamped these kiosks to give them a fresh new look, reduce their power consumption and add the ability to further customize its interactive content.
The kiosks will feature current and historical power data, photos and a description of the project and its funding partners, and information on how students can make positive energy-saving decisions in their own lives.