How to put solar energy in the public school curriculum
Lack of public knowledge regarding solar energy has proved to be a serious problem confronting solar commercialization. Recognizing the short-term benefits of helping teachers and parents understand the intrinsic value of solar and the long-term benefits of teaching children, several agencies have cooperated to develop solar-related instructional materials and teacher training workshops. In the last three years FSEC conducted over 100 workshops in 29 school districts and involved more than 1,750 teachers. A direct spin-off from our hands-on teacher education program has been a larger number of students involved in solar-oriented scientific investigations in and around their schools, the widespread introduction of teacher generated instructional materials, and a dramatic increase in the number of alternative energy projects in regional and state science fairs. This paper describes the successful techniques employed to attract teachers to inservice workshops, the methods used to help them integrate solar concepts into their instructional materials, and the kinds of follow-up that can be provided at little agency cost.
- Research Organization:
- Florida Solar Energy Center, Cape Canaveral, FL
- OSTI ID:
- 5040728
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-830622-
- Journal Information:
- Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States), Vol. 6; Conference: American Solar Energy Society meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 1 Jun 1983
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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