Dominion Energy Wind for Schools
Hampton Roads Students Harness the Power of Wind, Thanks to NEED and Dominion Energy Thanks to a partnership between the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation and the National Energy Education...
View ArticleEnergy Awareness Month
What are your students doing to celebrate Energy Awareness Month? Each year, the U.S. Department of Energy designates October as Energy Awareness Month. During the month, many schools undertake energy...
View ArticlePi Day and NEED Education at Rochester School
March 14th is International Pi Day. This year, at Rochester School, students from science, math, and technology organized a show and tell of their best projects from class for Pi Day. Rochester School...
View ArticleStudent STEM Workshop at the Offshore Technology Conference
On May 8, 2025, Energy4me held a successful Student STEM Workshop at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston with nearly 100 students from the Houston area to learn about the industry. NEED had...
View ArticleNational Electricity Day
Open Letter Elon Musk, Tesla Motor CoDear Elon,Thank you for naming your car company after me. Doing so has renewed interest in who I was and what I contributed to society. Thomas Edison and Guglielmo...
View ArticleCelebrating 45 Years of NEED Curriculum
Sometime in the past 45 years, you may have attended a NEED Energy Education Workshop, where you mastered the Science of Energy stations, made an anemometer and designed wind turbine blades; observed...
View ArticleHigh School EV Challenge With PG&E Crosses the Finish Line!
An engaging STEM internship program concluded on August 5 when teams raced electric go-karts at the Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s Electric Safety Academy in Livermore, CA. The EV Challenge...
View ArticlePower in Numbers
Blog by Jim Brown, NBCT, CEM7/8 STEM Teacher, Sand CreekOn-site Energy Manager What an energy manager does can vary greatly from one organization to another. Some energy managers focus solely on...
View ArticleCreating an Energy Ethic
Blog by Jim Brown, NBCT, CEM7/8 STEM Teacher, Sand CreekOn-site Energy Manager There are various reasons for instituting an energy management program. It might be to reduce expenditures on utilities,...
View ArticleElla’s Green Thumb
NEED is excited to spotlight a new book from Dr. Kristina Anderson Griffith! Kristina is one of NEED’s talented facilitators in Alabama and we know our teachers, students, and families will enjoy her...
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