2024 Connecticut Wind Energy Workshop – Mystic, CT

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Dates and Locations:
January 16, 2025
Hilton Mystic
20 Coogan Boulevard
Mystic, CT 06355

Who Should Attend:

• 3rd to 12th grade science educators
• CTE educators
• Afterschool program leaders

For The Attendees:

• NEED Science of Energy Kit
• Choice of a NEED Energy Management Kit
• Substitute Reimbursement
• NGSS aligned curriculum

Questions:
Contact Wendi Moss at wmoss@need.org or call 1-800-875-5029

AGENDA

8:30 a.m. Registration
Pick up NEED materials and conference supplies. Continental breakfast will be served. NEED curriculum kits are sponsored for each teacher attending the workshop. Packets include supplemental classroom materials, Energy Infobooks at 3 grade levels, and much more! Complete a pre-workshop assessment.

8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Meet your fellow participants and the sponsors of today’s workshop. Review goals and objectives for the workshop and begin planning ways to use the NEED materials and training in your school. Offshore Wind Bingo.

9:00 a.m. The Science of Energy
Learn more about the forms of energy while experimenting with the NEED Project’s Science of Energy kit.

10:15 a.m. Quick Break

10: 25 a.m. Sources of Energy Fun

11:00 a.m. Electricity, The Grid, & the CT Energy Picture
Explore electric circuits with Sidekick Circuits, get to know a little more about energy and electricity in MA through Electric Connections, and get an inside look at managing demand through Baseload Balance.

12:00 p.m. Lunch

12:45 p.m. Wind Energy 101 & Offshore Wind Activities
Building an Anemometer
Wind Can Do Work
Wind Can Generate Electricity
Offshore Wind Turbine Test
Siting Activity

2:45 p.m. Kit Overview & Wind Turbine Demonstration

3:15 p.m. Final Q&A, wrap up & Paperwork

3:30 p.m. Adjourn