Solar Powered Recharged Cars with Repurposed Materials
Our students used the Engineering Design Process to build cars. They used packaging materials to build the body of the car, and recharged batteries using solar cells.
What are we Breathing?
This academic year studentsscience practices to investigate the quality of the air they were breathing in 3 locations: In the School Building, at Home, around their immediate Neighborhood. The tools used were cell phones and Air Quality Sensors from the University of Pennsylvania’s Bioinformatics Team. Students learned to use Googlesheets to collate, clean, analyze and graph the data. Read more
Community is the Key…
Throughout the process of the EFS program, the largest takeaway I took as a teacher and a person is that creating a sustainable community begins with building a community. There are many issues that our students face in their school and home lives that can be addressed by creating sustainable solutions, but if those communities do not hold shared understanding of the need and value of these solutions there is unlikely to be enough momentum to keep these solutions ongoing. Read more
Solar Energy Technology at Frankford HS
The School District of Philadelphia is doing big things over at Frankford HS. Here’s a short video highlighting their Solar Energy Technology CTE program, the first of its kind in the nation.
Community Views, Survey Summaries, and Establishing Strategies for Increased Student Unity
Recent work on the EfS project has revolved around the distribution and analysis of a student survey. This survey looked to solicit Frankford students’ voices by defining how they view their respective communities in relation to their environments. Some examples of survey questions include:
- How do you think the environment relates to your home and neighborhood?
COVID-19 Stress, Community Partners, and Upcoming Strategies for Student Engagement
Over the past two weeks, I have spent my time collaborating with my Green Team associates on constructing a poll for students at Frankford Highschool. This poll seeks to further illuminate the current student knowledge base of environment-related issues, as well as bring forth the main topics they are interested in working on through this project. Read more
Caring about the future
Why would a person care about climate change? Why wouldn’t they? What about litter? Or recycling? Or their own long term health?
Do you care about these things? How much do you care? Do you care more at certain times verses other times? What impacts the fluctuations of these feelings within yourself or across peoples? Read more