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Do your students have ESP?
By Illinois Teacher and NEED Teacher Advisory Board Member, Constance Beatty When the invitation to write for the ESP grant came across my Facebook feed, I immediately thought of extrasensory…
Read MorePEEP Year End 2016
As the school year ends, we here at NEED are busy celebrating all that schools, teachers, and students have accomplished inside the classroom and out. We’re so proud to be…
Read MorePhiladelphia Science Festival & Northley Middle School showcase what STEM is all about
Each spring, Philadelphia hosts a week-long, city-wide science festival. Events include lectures, dinners, tours, stargazing, trivia, pub crawls (for adults, of course), exhibits, and more. The festival is organized by…
Read MoreTraining for the Future
By Caryn Turrel Whenever energy prices go up, or a new major climatology study is published, the Negative Nellies have their way. Our energy source supply won’t last forever! Burning…
Read MoreNEED Brings Energy and Chocolate Syrup to the USA Science and Engineering Festival
By Cassie Chesson There were lots of chocolatey hands at the USA Science and Engineering Festival this weekend, as NEED was there with chocolate syrup in tow! Hundreds of students…
Read MoreA Renewable Future: Repowering Our Planet
Written by guest blogger and NEED pal, Erin Twamley Illustration by: Heather Jane Brinesh Let the games begin! Welcome to the Renewable Energy Olympics. Imagine if every four years renewable…
Read MoreUnderstanding and Teaching Solar
by Bryn Huntpalmer NEED is pleased to feature a great piece about solar energy and PV from our friends at Modernize, an energy efficiency-focused home improvement group. Read on for…
Read MoreNEED fun in Philly!
This winter, NEED has been loving the City of Brotherly Love, and the city has been loving us back! We have been so pleased to be a partner in the…
Read MoreRead Across America Day 2016
Written by Sue Parrent, Kentucky NEED Coordinator and elementary educator extraordinaire “I do not like green eggs and ham I do not like them Sam I am.” Everyone remembers listening…
Read MoreNEED Loves its PEEPs!
Last week, NEED was happy to be back in Philly to help kick-off yet another awesome year of the PECO Energizing Education Program. This amazing program, funded in part by…
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