Rose-Hulman Hosting Sustainable Energy Workshop

(photo courtesy Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)

A week-long workshop designed to teach Indiana high school environmental science and agriculture teachers about sustainable energy kicks off Sunday at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. The Duke Energy Sustainable Energy Summer Institute will help teachers develop standards-based, practical, and comprehensive lessons for their students.

The "boot camp"-style workshop is being hosted through Rose-Hulman’s Portal Resource for Indiana Science and Mathematics program, or PRISM. It will feature classroom and laboratory professional development, as well as vocational experiences, including off-campus visits to energy production facilities in Cayuga, West Terre Haute, Benton County, and Indianapolis.

Rose-Hulman says the topics being covered in the workshop include the U.S. power grid, solar and wind energy, coal-fired power plants, and natural gas combined-cycle power plants. The teachers participating in the workshop must be planning to teach units on sustainable or alternative energies in the future.

You can learn more about the workshop by clicking here.