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Direct linkRoman, Harry T. – Tech Directions, 2012
One has heard a great deal in recent years about designing self-sustaining communities, organizations that can subsist independently on what they make. Planning for this kind of community is challenging--today most people take for granted having essential services like water, sewage, communications, natural gas, and electricity delivered right to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Science Activities, Instructional Design, Energy Education
Schafft, Kai A.; Biddle, Catharine – Peabody Journal of Education, 2014
Innovations associated with gas and oil drilling technology, including new hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling techniques, have recently led to dramatic boomtown development in many rural areas that have endured extended periods of economic decline. The Marcellus Shale play, one of the world's largest gas-bearing shale formations, lies…
Descriptors: Engineering Technology, Power Technology, Fuels, Economic Impact
LaFee, Scott – School Administrator, 2012
In recent years, school districts have converted portions of their bus fleets to cleaner-burning, sometimes cheaper, alternative fossil fuels, such as compressed natural gas or propane. Others have adopted biodiesel, which combines regular diesel with fuel derived from organic sources, usually vegetable oils or animal fats. The number of biodiesel…
Descriptors: Fuels, Engines, School Buses, Transportation
Riedel, Chris – T.H.E. Journal, 2008
When Arthur Stellar came to Massachusetts' Taunton Public Schools in 2005, he knew that part of his job as superintendent would be cost cutting. That's no easy task without sacrificing the quality of education the district provided. How to decrease what you spend without eliminating vital resources? One way, Stellar says, is to assess what you're…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Energy Education, Energy Conservation, Energy Management
Download full textRathunde, Kevin – NAMTA Journal, 2013
Kevin Rathunde turns his research lens to the task of finding out the relevance of the natural world, its impact on adolescent motivation, and its positive sustaining of concentration and focus. He cites "disembodiment and denaturing" as needing to be countered by contact with nature, leading to higher creativity, less drudgery, and more…
Descriptors: Ecology, Ecological Factors, Nature Nurture Controversy, Science and Society
Cherry, Lynne – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2011
Lynne Cherry Brandwein Lecture March 2010 National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Young Voices on Climate Change: Inspired and Empowered Youth Tackle Climate Science and Find Climate Solutions. As a child, Lynne Cherry was profoundly connected to the natural world and a special place. She watched the destruction…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Science Teachers, Scientific Literacy, Climate
