2024 NC GreenPower CEEP Program Session 2 Workshop – Colfax, NC

Date and Location
December 12, 2024
The Conference Center at GTCC
7908 Leabourne Road
Colfax, NC 27235

For The Attendees:
• Hands-on kits and curriculum materials
• A great day of hands-on learning and professional networking
• Breakfast and lunch
• Substitute reimbursement
• Travel stipend for participants traveling from outside the Colfax area.

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

Agenda

7:45 a.m. Registration, Breakfast & Introductory Paperwork
Sign in, get some breakfast, meet some friends, and get ready for a fun day!

8:00 a.m. Welcome & Review Program
Welcome from NC GreenPower and NEED Team. Review program requirements

8:15 a.m. Coffee Talk
Participate in small group and large group discussions on what you’ve been able to accomplish and what’s planned for the future. What student engagements were interesting or notable, what advice and inspiration can you gain from the others?

8:45 a.m. See, Run, Do
Get your blood pumping and your brains geared up for more energy content by taking part in this fun thinking, listening, and active team-building game.

9:15 a.m. Intro to Electricity Generation & Build a Generator Model
Challenge yourself to explain – how does a generator work? Work in teams to build a model generator and discuss how it works to generate electricity, and how could this model be improved for better output?

10:30 a.m. Quick Break

10:40 a.m. “Wind” it Up
Get a quick intro to the wind industry (on and offshore) and get hands-on with the NEED wind kits. Wind kits may be selected for your renewable energy kit.

11:45 a.m. Lunch and Networking
Sign in, get some breakfast, meet some friends, and get ready for a fun day

12:30 p.m. Water Power Hour!
Take a closer look at how moving water does work and generates electricity. These hands-on activities will be sure to show you a dam fun time. NC also hosts some marine energy testing, so we might make some waves with a marine energy focused activity as well! Hydropower kits may be selected for your renewable energy kit

1:45 p.m. Solar-brate Good Times!
The star of our day will be these activities that explore solar energy. Learn more about passive and active solar technologies with the NEED Solar kits. You may choose to select a solar kit for your school.

2:45 p.m. Discussion and Planning

3:15 p.m. Next steps & pick your Kit! And other fun end-of-day paperwork

3:30 p.m. Adjourn