GALVESTON, TEXAS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
High school environmental science teachers, school district energy managers, elementary school principals and electricity teachers were just a few of the 75 teachers from across the United States who attended the National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project’s 2008 Energy Conference for Educators in Galveston, Texas. The five-day conference, presented by ConocoPhillips, brought together K-12 teachers and administrators from several states to learn about energy and discuss creative ways to incorporate energy into their classrooms.
Over the course of the conference, attendees studied various sources and forms of energy through hands-on activities. Primary, intermediate and high school teachers had the opportunity to learn about energy from a student’s perspective by experimenting with several energy kits, playing energy trivia games and performing skits and songs about energy. Teachers who attended were able to receive graduate credit for the conference.
Teachers also learned about the energy industry through a presentation on energy security and climate change and a tour of the Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum. NEED will host another Energy Conference for Educators in Las Vegas, Nev. in late July. In addition to the company’s support for the conferences, ConocoPhillips will host 24 one-day energy workshops across the United States during 2008.
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