Robin Duym will join colleagues Nivedia Shukla and Lorri Zeiders in attending the NEED Project’s 2018 Energy Conference for Educators in July.
WTHS teacher Robin Duym has recently been accepted to attend the National Energy Education Development Project’s 2018 Energy Conference for Educators, from July 8 through 12, in Galveston, Texas.
Duym will join colleagues Nivedia Shukla and Lorri Zeiders, who were accepted to the conference in February. Each of the teachers, who instruct the school’s freshman-level Energy in the Environment course, applied for and received a sponsorship from NEED to cover their registration fee and travel expenses.
“It is quite an accomplishment for three teachers from the same district to receive this honor,” Science department supervisor Dr. Patricia Hughes said. “It speaks to the high-caliber curriculum they have designed for our ninth-grade course.”
The 2018 NEED Energy Conference for Educators brings together educators who are passionate about bringing energy education to their classrooms. In five interactive days in Galveston, the conference provides teachers with the most up-to-date information on all aspects of energy, including the science of energy, sources of energy, transportation, electricity, efficiency, and environmental and economic impacts.
Participants receive the training and materials to implement innovative, hands-on energy units in their classrooms, multi-disciplinary teams, and after-school programs. NEED leaders at the conference help participants develop specialized units that meet state standards and can be utilized with students of all learning styles.
For more information on NEED, and the conference, visit http://www.need.org/Files/NationalConferencePage/NationalConference.html.
