2025 AES Solar Energy Education Workshop – Kapolei, HI

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Date and Location:
February 26, 2025
University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu
Campus Center Room C225
91-1001 Farrington Hwy
Kapolei, HI 96707

For The Attendees:
• Hands-on lab kits and curriculum materials
• A great day of interactive learning and professional networking
• Breakfast and lunch
• Substitute Reimbursement Provided
• Professional Development non-credit (PDE3) for Hawaiʻi’s DOE

DOE educators interested in a PDE3 non-credit course should also apply on the PDE3 system.
Video Recap from 2023 Workshop: https://vimeo.com/806091373

Early Bird registration open to:
Campbell High School, Kapolei High School, Pearl City High School, Waiʻanae High School, Kamaile Academy, Kapolei Charter School, Kealakehe High School, and Kamehameha Schools

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. Complete your pre-workshop knowledge assessment. Continental breakfast.

8:45 a.m. Welcome, Hawaiʻi Energy Bingo
Review goals and objectives for the workshop and begin planning ways to use the NEED materials and training in your school. Play Hawaiʻi Energy Bingo for prizes!

9:30 a.m. Science of Energy
These hands-on forms of energy lessons help explain the forms of energy and energy transformations. Understanding the forms of energy guides students to deeper knowledge of renewable and nonrenewable energy sources and how we use the energy harnessed from each.

11:00 a.m. Energy in Hawaiʻi
Learn about how Hawaiʻi produces and uses energy. See how Hawaiʻi’s electricity production and consumption differs from the U.S. national data and how it has changed over time with Hawaiʻi’s renewable energy goals.

12:00 p.m. Lunch and AES Hawaiʻi Presentation

1:00 p.m. Solar Energy 101

1:15 p.m. Exploring Solar Energy
Explore radiant energy transformations and the production of electricity from solar energy. These lessons and activities provide activities to engage students in learning about renewable energy. Use interdisciplinary lessons to integrate more solar in the classroom too!

3:00 p.m. The Paperwork! Evaluation, Selection of Kits, and Wrap-up

3:30 p.m. Adjourn