$750 Awards Available for Classroom-to-Home Energy Efficiency Projects
I just received this information regarding an excellent opportunity for 4-H Youth to put CCE 4-H Energy Education “TO WORK” . NYSERDA’s offer nicely incorporates the Science of Energy with community action and leadership, all of which are the very essence of our mission in 4-H Youth Development!!
I will be checking into details regarding the award/working scholarship opportunity. But I wanted to get this out to our NYS 4-H System immediately.
Please let me know if any of you will (or have a local audience who will) be seriously pursuing this.
Here is a quick link to the application and information PDF: http://www.nyserda.ny.gov/en/~/media/Files/EEWD/K-12%20Schools/Energy%20Smart%20Students%20Program/2011%20classroom%20to%20home%20grant%20application.ashx
Thanks and good luck.
Charles (Chip) Malone State 4-H Program Specialist – Energy & Geospatial Science Education CCE Genesee County 420 East Main St., Batavia, NY 14020 Cwm4@cornell.edu W – 585 343 3040
Energy and Our Changing Earth Workshops
Last month, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced a new workshop titled “Energy and Our Changing Earth,” which is geared toward Grades 6-12. Several of these workshops have been set up in the Capital, Mid-Hudson, NYC and Western NY regions. You are able to register for some of these workshops online, but others you will have to send an email indicating your interest in registering. Please include your name and phone number so we can contact you in the event of a cancellation or postponement. Registration/email links are listed below with each workshop. For a complete list of workshop offerings, please visit http://www.getenergysmart.org/EnergyEducation/Workshop.aspx To learn more about the workshops, contact Frank Winters at 1-866-552-4683 or frankw@energy-workshops.org
The NYSERDA is considered a valuable partner in our CCE 4-H Energy Program. Their training sessions provide excellent, local (NYS) energy resources and curriculum for schools and 4-H. Their resources and curriculum are also well suited to work with our 4-H Foundation sponsored 4-H Renewable Energy Kits. The NYSERDA allows 4-H Educators and Key volunteers to take part in their workshops to “train the trainer.” They encourage 4-H to host workshops in your area. They do all of the workshop setup, training, and workshop material fees. All you need to do is host it and help promote/advertise. Here is the most recent list of Energy Smart Student workshops offered throughout NYS for the rest of this year. Workshops are listed by region. Contact Chip Malone, 4-H Energy Specialist, at cwm4@cornell.edu if you have any questions.
***<CAPITAL>*** October 27 Take Action at Home (4-8) Troy Children’s Museum of Science and Technology 250 Jordan Road (Rensselaer Technology Park) Online Registration Link 12 pm – 4 pm November 18 Sustainable Living/Energy and Our Changing Earth The Sage Colleges (Troy Campus) 65 First Street, Troy Online Registration Link 8:30 am – 3:30 pm ***<CENTRAL NEW YORK>*** November 17 Take Action at Home (4-8) Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology 500 South Franklin Street, Syracuse Online Registration Link 12 pm – 4 pm ***<FINGER LAKES>*** November 11 (Veterans Day) Sustainable Living (6-12) Finger Lakes Institute Hobart and William Smith Colleges 601 S. Main Street, Geneva Online Registration Link 9 am – 11:30 am
***<MID-HUDSON>*** October 15 ABCs of Energy (K-3) Child Care Council of Orange County 40 Matthews Street (Suite 103), Goshen Online Registration Link 1:50 pm – 4:50 pm
October 19 Take Action/4Es of Energy (4-8) CCE Columbia County Education Center 479 Route 66, Hudson Online Registration Link 8:30 am – 4:30 pm October 25 Take Action at Home (4-8) Marlboro Intermediate School 1380 Route 9W, Marlboro Online Registration Link 4 pm – 8 pm November 1 (Part I) & November 2 (Part II) Focus on Solar (5-12) NYSUT Office 201 Stockade Drive, Kingston Online Registration Link 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm each day November 14 Sustainable Living (6-12) Monhagen Middle School (Library-Media Center) 555 County Route 78, Middletown Online Registration Link 4 pm – 7 pm November 15 Take Action at Home (4-8) Rye Country Day School 1 Cedar Street, Rye Online Registration Link 2 pm – 6 pm November 30 Energy Trilogy (7-12) Dutchess BOCES Salt Point Turnpike (5 BOCES Road), Poughkeepsie Online Registration Link 3 pm – 6:30 pm December 1 (Part I) & December 8 (Part II) Energy and Our Changing Earth (6-12) Monhagen Middle School (Library-Media Center) 555 County Route 78, Middletown Email to register 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm each day December 6 4Es of Energy (K-6) Teatown Lake Reservation 1600 Spring Valley Road, Ossining Online Registration Link 9 am – 3 pm December 13 ABCs of Energy (K-3) Monhagen Middle School (Library-Media Center) 555 County Route 78, Middletown Online Registration Link 4:30 pm – 8 pm
***<NEW YORK CITY>*** October 15 (Only a few seats remain) Take Action at Home/4Es of Energy (4-8) The Cloud Institute 307 7th Avenue, New York Online Registration Link 8:30 am – 4 pm November 8 (Seating is limited) Take Action at Home/4Es of Energy (4-8) Brooklyn Kids Museum 145 Brooklyn Ave, Brooklyn Online Registration Link 9 am – 4 pm November 8 (Seating is limited) Energy Trilogy (7-12) St. John’s University 101 Murray Street, Manhattan Online Registration Link 9 am – 4 pm November 11 (Veterans Day) Energy and Our Changing Earth (6-12) Brooklyn Kids Museum 145 Brooklyn Ave, Brooklyn Email to register 10 am – 4 pm December 14 (Seating is limited) Energy and Our Changing Earth (6-12) New Explorations Into Science, Technology And Math 111 Columbia Street, Manhattan Email to register 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
***<NORTH COUNTRY>*** October 28 Energy Trilogy/Sustainable Living (6-12) Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies (SUNY Canton) 34 Cornell Drive, Canton Online Registration Link 9 am – 3 pm ***<SOUTHERN TIER>*** November 19 Take Action at Home (4-8) Southeast Steuben County Library (Suite 101) 300 Civic Center Plaza Online Registration Link 12 pm – 4 pm
***<WESTERN NEW YORK>*** October 19 4Es of Energy (K-6) Erie 2 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES 10001 Route 60, Fredonia Online Registration Link 8:30 am – 2:30 pm October 27 Take Action at Home (4-8) Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve 93 Honorine Drive, Depew Online Registration Link 12 pm – 4 pm (Please register by Thursday, October 20) November 2 Energy Trilogy/Sustainable Living (6-12) Erie 2 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES 10001 Route 60, Fredonia Online Registration Link 8:30 am – 2:30 pm November 12 4Es of Energy (K-6) SUNY Fredonia E114 Thompson Hall, Fredonia Online Registration Link 9 am – 3 pm December 15 Energy and Our Changing Earth (6-12) SUNY Fredonia (Wheelock School) Chestnut Street, Fredonia Email to register 12 pm – 3 pm
I’m sorry we picked a day when you won’t be available for the webinar, but I’m very pleased about the possibility of other members of the CCE Energy and Climate Change team joining us in previewing the website. We would be delighted to have them log in!
If the other members are also interested in signing on with Beam, that will ensure that they get all future emails, as well. They can feel free to contact me if they would like to sign on. And, either way, I’ll do my best to send them what I send you.
Thanks, Chip, hope you’re enjoying the summer!
Sincerely,
Sean Jacobson Western New York Field Organizer BEAM New York 585-567-2271 sean.jacobson
July 7, 2011
See the BeamNY website!
Thank you for the invitation , Shawn
However I will not be available at all on July 14 as I will be traveling back from the west coast.
Would it be ok for others of our 5 plus member of the NYS CCE Energy and Climate Change team to log in? I had mention to them our visits and the upcoming Beam NY program. It will likely involve them as the program launches. If so please copy them on the information you send me. I am copying them on this note so that they can contact Jasmine Bennett to get log in information.
Chip Malone
From: sean.jacobson@beamny.org [mailto:sean.jacobson@beamny.org] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 2:53 PM To: Charles W. Malone Subject: See the BeamNY website!
Hi Chip,
I haven’t forgotten your invitation to stop by your office to preview the educational kits you’ve developed. I simply have not been anywhere near Batavia for work in nearly two months. Hopefully that will happen soon!
However, I do have the pleasure of inviting you to participate in a walkthrough of the beam new yorksm website: beamNY.org. While the site isn’t live, and won’t be until our launch, we know that many of our partners are curious to see what it will contain and how it will help your community.
During this webinar, we’ll walk through the main site, available resources and the social networking aspect of the community-the beam network. After the walkthrough we’ll have time for questions and comments.
Save the date!
Webinar: beamNY.org Walkthrough
Thursday July 14, 2011
2pm-3:00pm EST
Please RSVP to Jasmine.Bennett for log-in information. I would really like to have your input, so I hope you can join us!
Best,
Sean Jacobson
4-H Foundation Sponsors Interactive Renewable Energy Kits
In addition to the creation of curriculum and training on sustainable energy, the grant from the NYS 4-H Foundation will help to develop four portable sustainable energy demonstration units that can be used with youth across the state. Each unit will include solar, wind and bio fuel modules that youth and volunteers can use to create small amounts of sustainable energy.
“This grant will make it more accessible for youth, leaders and volunteers around the state to learn how renewable energy can be generated by actually experiencing the process,” said Charles Malone, 4-H Youth Development Energy Program Coordinator.
May 4, 2011
NYS 4-H Science 