Education

A New High School Curriculum

Request For Pilot Test Sites For

Fall Semester, 2000

NESEA is looking for teachers to pilot test a new high school curriculum on alternative fueled vehicles. We are looking for teachers in various sized communities, two each of large, intermediate, and small size. The curriculum will guide students as they research and then graphically display the roles various alternative vehicles may assume in their community in the near future. It will be designed to meet national standards for technology education with a focus on how technology and society interact. If interested, please download an application form, fill it out and return the form to NESEA.

Inspiration for “Alternative-Fueled Vehicles and the American Community” came from a 1993 U. S. Department of Energy and Edison Electric Institute sponsored planning and design competition named “Electric Vehicles and the American Community.” To view sample winning designs from that competition please see Electric Vehicles and the American Community web site..

With Alternative-Fueled Vehicles and the American Community students will research and graphically display the:

• technological infrastructure,

• economic,

• environmental & health impacts, and

• roles

alternative fueled vehicles may assume in their community in the future.

“Alternative-Fueled Vehicles and the American Community: A High School Curriculum is being developed by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association with a grant from the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) in coordination with the DOE Clean Cities Program.