Grade 7

“In Concert with the Environment” program is coordinated through the science classes/teachers.  A home energy survey and education in the area of conservation is included.

In Concert with the Environment:

The In Concert with the Environment ® (ECWE) Program is designed to educate middle and secondary school students and their households about energy efficiency, resource management and the positive environmental results from wise energy use.  The program encourages participation by all household members.  The student is asked to investigate the many ways his or her household uses energy.  Part of the process may include interviews with other household members.  The program is brought to students who will soon be making decisions that will impact our country’s energy supply and the environment.  We believe that wise energy use today can best be achieved by linking environmental  benefits to wise energy-use activities and by educating both present and future consumers on how to live in concert with the environment. 

The In Concert with the Environment ® is a comprehensive program which provides a great deal of information for both you and your students and includes:

·         Energy surveys for you and your students to complete;

·         Student handbooks that challenge and educate;

·         An interactive computer session, in some instance, where you and your students enter collected data into specially programmed computers;

·         An Eco-Benefits® Report and Annual Energy Expenditure Report for you and your students to study, use in class, and then take home to share with their households;

·         A suggested lesson plan that ahs been created by teachers and is included for you to use as you wish;

·         Class activities which are fully explained on teacher instructions sheets and a student worksheet which can bee reproduced;

·         Resource lists from books to catalogs to government and lobby groups, which will provide you with good information to help your students learn;

·         Data sheets, overhead masters, and topics for classroom discussion to help students learn about he ink between energy use and their environment.

The program’s theme shares the important message that, like a symphony in concert, everyone must do his/her part to use energy resources wisely to preserve the health of our planet.  As you journey together with your students through this experience, we hope that you will fell positive about what you can do to make a difference in our planet’s future.  Let the concert begin…

Program Goals and Objectives

The primary goal of the live In Concert with the Environment ® program is for the participating students and their households to use energy more wisely and efficiently, thus creating a healthier environment for us all.  This goal can be divided into four primary objectives?

·         Participants will use energy and water resources wisely and change their energy-use habits.

·         Participants will understand the connection which exists between their personal energy use and the quality of our environment.

·         Participants will become sensitive to energy related environmental concerns.

·         Participants will understand what energy is and how it is produced.

Form more information, or to schedule a presentation, ,please contact Appalachian Electric Cooperative.

Mitch Cain, Coordinator

(mcain@appalachianelectric.coop)

Member Education & Public Safety

Appalachian Electric Cooperative

P.O. Box 400

New Market, TN  37829