The Future Educators Association (FEA) created an Energy Day for their community service project.  The program focused on energy efficient automobiles and driving practices.  It was presented to interested seniors.  It included a Car Talk - panel discussion of experts - and Car Walk - four energy efficient cars on display.  The club wrote a lesson plan, promoted the program, created a PowerPoint for the Car Talk, designed a bookmark as a handout, and wrote a reflection.  FEA has entered this project in the Energy Day competition at the National FEA Conference.

Project attachments are:

• Project lesson plan
• Promotional Flyer
• PowerPoint and Script
• Bookmark
• Reflection
• Car Talk Pictures
• Car Walk Pictures

Green Competencies that already exist:

# 11    Healthy behaviors and safety skills.

#12     Demonstrate an understanding of workplace organizations, systems, and climates.

#15     Demonstrate time, task and resource management skills.

#17     Demonstrate customer-service skills.

# 19    Demonstrate information technology skills.

#21     Demonstrate telecommunications skills.

#23     Examine aspects of management within an industry/organization.

# 29    Examine health, safety, and environment issues related to an industry/organization.

Green competencies that could be added include:

• Identify green practices for a school/classroom
• Demonstrate recycling strategies in the classroom
• Create a lesson plan that introduces green practices for the classroom/home.

This lesson plan was written as an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program lesson.

In my classroom we have many green practices.  I model green behavior and ask my students to follow my example.  Teach Cadets are also able to take these green practices to their internship classrooms.

Green practices:

• Turn off lights when leaving the classroom for the internships and lunch
• Turn off the bathroom light when not in use
• Turn off the storage room  light when not in use
• Recycle white paper in the container provided
• Recycle can and bottles in the container provided
• Use hand sanitizer after handling a tissue (instead of washing hands)
• All assignments are posted weekly on Blackboard (online)
• When assignments are copied, there is just one per student; if lost, the student must print at home
• Some assignments are read online (no paper)
• Some assignments are downloaded, completed on the computer, and submitted electronically (no paper)
• Teacher returns some assignments electronically with comments (no paper)
• Blackboard features are used to improve communication and include interactive learning
  • Discussion board
  • Wiki
  • Blog
  • Announcements
  • Email

• Parents can sign up for Blackboard too
• Students are taught to care for the classroom – pick-up, clean-up and be respectful
• Paper is used on both sides when possible
• Paper scrapes are saved for future projects
• A green lesson focused on using recycled materials to create an art project or visual for a lesson
• FEA completed an energy project that focused on energy efficient automobiles and driving practices