New Jersey’s

Clean Energy Program

Teaching Green

Thinking GreenJoe Fiorella

Gifted & Talented ProgramMaxson Middle School, Plainfield, NJ

Addresses the STEM subjects

• Science – Liberty Science Center

• Technology – Channel Partners

• Engineering – Noveda Technologies

• Math – Ed Brzezowski, PE

Gifted & Talented Program

Incorporates 21st Century Standards• Distance Learning• Interactive video conferencing• Collaboration with Czech Republic

Dr. Christopher Lommerin, Principal MMS

Milena Holkova, Assistant Head Master

Steve Missal, Supervisor of Gifted & Talented

A Host of Partnerships

Collaborations• The Ferreira Group

• Noveda Technologies

• The Liberty Science Center

• The Clean Energy Program

• The Czech Republic

Thinking Green

Think Green = Save $$ + Our Planet

• Renewable Energy

• Nonrenewable Energy

• Energy Conservation and our school

• Energy lab

• First “net zero electric Building”

• Global warming and the effects on our ecosystems and health

The Energy Labs

A National Award Winning Design

Desktop Energy Lab

Hands-on, Interactive Learning

Desktop Energy Lab Program

Once students’ learn the sources of renewable and nonrenewable energy. They then learn how this is converted to electricity. Then they learn how to program the attributes to control the environment.

Students Recording Corresponding light levels in foot-candles and total power usage…tabulate and

plot results to determine energy saving….

Students tabulating result and programming attributes into soft-wire program to work in conjunction with “energy

lab”…applied learning to the real world.

From the start…

Heat Transfer…

How it comes together…

Bench Test

…to the finish.

Classroom Close-up NJ Crew

How It Comes Together

The STEM Project