2025 Virginia Natural Gas Student Workshop – Norfolk, VA
March 27 @ 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
Free
Date and Location
March 27, 2025
The Salvation Army Kroc Center
1401 Ballentine Boulevard
Norfolk, VA 23504
Who should attend?
This is a special opportunity for teachers who participated in the October 15, 2024, Virginia Energy Workshop at Virginia Natural Gas. Teachers with a small team of students (20-25) in 5th through 8th grade interested in learning more about energy through hands-on energy explorations and fun activities are invited to apply to attend. Space is limited.
What do attendees receive?
• FREE energy curriculum and energy-focused opportunities for teachers and students
• Education on future career opportunities
• Bus reimbursement, if needed
• Breakfast and lunch
• Substitute reimbursement
• Virginia SOL aligned curriculum activities
Agenda
9:30 a.m. Registration, breakfast and pre-assessment
9:45 a.m. Welcome and Safety Moment from Virginia Natural Gas
10:00 a.m. The Science of Energy
Explore forms of energy and energy transformations while you work with the experiments in these six hands-on stations.
11:00 a.m. Candy Collector
Thinking about energy is important. Explore energy sources in this fun, and delicious, activity.
11:20 a.m. Exploring Natural Gas
The Natural Gas story simulation
Biomass in a bag
12:00 p.m. Lunch and Career Guess Who
12:45 p.m. Understanding Energy Efficiency and build your energy efficient home
1:15 p.m. Energy technologies and tools rotations
2:00 p.m. Post-assessment and evaluation
2:30 p.m. Adjourn
