Teachers, youth leaders, homeschool parents and mentors:
Come to a "Junior Solar Sprint -- Getting Started" workshop and get set to bring the program to your kids. Workshops are designed to help prepare participants for a successful experience in leading middle school kids through Junior Solar Sprint, where middle school kids design, build and compete with model solar electric cars. Over 15,000 teachers and over 100,000 students are estimated to have participated in this exciting and highly engaging program since it began in the early 1990's.
At a JSS workshop, you:
- Learn how to lead students to design, build, and race model cars powered by solar energy.
- Build a model sprint car and review lesson plans that will help students do the same.
- Receive tips, lesson plans and resources to engage students in engineering design, teamwork, craftsmanship, problem solving, and studies of carbon cycle, global warming, fossil fuel issues, solar energy, simple machines, transportation technology, renewable energy and more.
- Receive a professional development letter for the hours attended at the JSS workshop.
Most workshops are offered FREE of charge, unless connected with a conference. NESEA workshops are funded by the U.S. Army and materials donations from Pitsco. Registration prior to the workshop is required. Also, some NESEA workshops offer a door prize -- often a Free Pitsco JSS solar panel!
Registration:
Click the link under "How to Register" next to the workshop of your choice. Registration is required. Where space is limited, participation is on a first come, first served basis, but if the workshop is approaching, feel free to call or email to check on availability. Confirmation of registration and directions link will be emailed to registrants prior to the workshop. In the event of weather cancellation and rescheduling, you will be notified via email or phone. Please email sreyes@nesea.org or call 413-774-6051 x 27 prior to the event if you are unable to attend so we can give your space to another educator if there is a wait list.
List of NESEA's Winter-Spring 2009 Junior Solar Sprint Workshops:
Workshops are listed in chronological order. Also check out the list of Junior Solar Sprint workshops run by NESEA chapters, affiliate organizations and others below. Check back again in two weeks or call about NEW listings.
| State |
Host & Site Location |
Date |
Time |
How to Register |
| VT |
The Nature Museum at Grafton
Grafton, VT
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Thurs
Jan.15, 2009
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4:00 -7:00pm
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Click here for Registration Form |
| MA |
Hosted by the Center for Ecological Technology and held at the Reid Middle School
Pittsfield, MA
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Wed.
Feb. 4, 2009
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4:00 – 7:00pm |
Click here for Registration Form |
| NJ |
Hosted and led by Ed Ronk, Middlesex County Area Event Coordinator at
Edgar Middle School
Metuchen, NJ
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Wed.
Feb. 4, 2009
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4:00 – 7:00pm |
Click here for Registration Form |
RI |
Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living Headquarters
At the Gordon Avenue Business Incubator Atrium,
Providence, RI
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Thurs.
Feb. 5, 2009
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4:00 – 7:00pm |
Click here for Registration Form
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| PA |
Hosted and led by Joe Bruno, Area Event Coordinator for Philadelphia Area Junior Solar Sprint at the
Wissahickon Charter School,
Philadelphia, PA
|
Saturday
Feb. 7, 2009
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10:00am- 1:00pm |
Click here for Registration Form |
| CT |
Site TBA
Southern Area
Likely Norwalk, CT
|
Tues.
Feb. 10, 2009
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4:00 – 7:00pm |
Click here for Registration Form |
| CT |
Hosted by Jeff Bechard, Area Coordinator for the State of Connecticut
Site TBA
North-Central Area
Likely New Britain, CT
|
Thurs.
Feb. 12, 2009
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4:00 –7:00pm |
Click here for Registration Form |
| MA |
Ecotarium
Worcester, MA
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Thurs.
Feb. 26, 2009
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4:00 - 7:00pm
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Click here for Registration Form |
Additional Junior Solar Sprint Workshops --
Northeast JSS Workshops offered through NESEA Chapters & Affiliate Organizations
Please contact these organizations directly for more information or to register for their workshop.
TransOptions
Cedar Knolls, New Jersey
Joseph Caravella, jcaravella@transoptions.org, 973-267-7600
NJ: Morris County: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 -- 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: TransOptions -- Two Ridgedale Avenue, Cedar Knolls, NJ
NJ: Essex County: Wednesday, February 13, 2009 -- 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Essex County Environmental Center, Roseland, NJ
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Bring a Junior Solar Sprint Workshop to your Community:
Museums, environmental education centers, colleges, conference centers, clean energy businesses, science classrooms, and technology education labs all can make great sites. Contact us for more information by emailing sreyes@nesea.org or acollins@nesea.org. |
Workshops held in Fall 2008 With Some Links to Hosts:
Fall Workshops that took place through NESEA Chapters, Affiliate Organizatons and others:
NJ: Warren County: Wednesday, October 22 -- 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Great Meadows Middle School - Workshop run by TransOptions, www.TransOptions.org
NJ: Sussex County: Thursday, November 13 -- 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Workshop run by TransOptions
A JSS workshop was held at the MAST (Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers) conference Oct. 30 in Boxborough, MA |
Seeking a New York City-Long Island Area Event Coordinator:
Two workshops in the NYC and Long Island areas in Fall 2009 were held with a total of over 50 teachers attending. There is an area event in Westchester County (See Bill Rock's contact information on the Area Coordinators page) and a few in northern New Jersey, in which these teachers may participate, but a Long Island/NYC event would be great! If you would like to consider becoming an Area Event Coordinato, please contact NESEA. Experience in coordinating events is helpful but not required. Enthusiasm, connections with educators and good organizational skills help make a great coordinator. Please contact NESEA for more information regarding this opportunity. sreyes@nesea.org or acollins@nesea.org. |
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