2025 Southwest Virginia Energy Education Workshop for Teachers – Abingdon, VA
February 25 @ 8:45 am - 3:30 pm
Free
Date and Location
February 25, 2025
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
1 Partnership Circle
Abingdon, VA 24210
For The Attendees:
• Hands-on kit per school and curriculum materials
• A great day of hands-on learning and professional networking
• Breakfast and lunch provided
Questions
Contact Wendi Moss at wmoss@need.org or call 1-800-875-5029
ABOUT THE SPONSOR
This workshop is funded by a grant to conduct a feasibility study on Energy Education. The grant sponsors are the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Foundation and GO Virginia.
Agenda
8:45 a.m. Registration and breakfast
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Today’s Goals and Objectives
9:15 a.m. The Science of Energy
Learn more about the forms of energy and energy transformations while exploring the stations of the Science of Energy kit.
10:30 a.m. Candy Collector and Virginia Electric Connections
11:15 a.m. Energy Careers Round Up
11:45 p.m. Lunch
12:30 p.m. Energy 101
12:45 p.m. Energy Round Robin
• Oil & Gas – Getting the Oil Out
• Hydrogen – Small Scale Electrolysis
• Solar – Solar Oven
• Hydropower – Moving Water Can Do Work
• Nuclear – Candy Chemistry
2:45 p.m. Climate Web
3:15 p.m. Wrap Up and Paperwork
3:30 p.m. Adjourn
