2025 CITGO Student Energy Workshop – Downers Grove, IL
March 12 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Free
Date and Location
March 12, 2025
CITGO Petroleum Corporation
Refinery Support Center
2651 Warrenville Rd., Suite 400
Downers Grove, IL 60515
Who should attend?
This is a special opportunity for teachers who participated in the September 19, 2025, CITGO Energy Education Workshop in Lemont, IL. Teachers with a small team of students (5-10) in high school interested in learning more about energy through hands-on energy explorations and fun activities are invited to apply to attend. Space is limited.
What do attendees receive?
• FREE energy curriculum and energy-focused opportunities for teachers and students
• Education on future career opportunities
• Bus reimbursement, if needed
• Breakfast and lunch
• Substitute reimbursement
Questions
Contact Wendi Moss at wmoss@need.org or
call 1-800-875-5029
Agenda
9:00 a.m. Registration, breakfast and pre-assessment
9:30 a.m. Welcome and Safety Moment from CITGO
9:45 a.m. The Science of Energy
Explore forms of energy and energy transformations while you work with the experiments in these six hands-on stations.
11:00 a.m. Exploring Oil and Natural Gas and Fossil Fuels to Products
• Getting the Oil Out
• Polymers
• Oil and Gas Career Roundup
12:00 p.m. Lunch and Learn
12:45 p.m. Tour of Facility
1:45 p.m. Post-assessment and evaluation
2:00 p.m. Adjourn
