Service Learning Teacher Training; Green Schools

The Alliance to Save Energy's Green Schools program is a nationwide initiative that teaches students the importance of energy conservation. In Green Schools projects, students design realtime strategies for their schools to save energy. This video documents a Green Schools training for Philadelphia educators that was given in 2003.   Take a look...

Many energy based projects were conducted in schools across the School District of Philadelphia as a result of this training.  Here is a compilation of realtime activities from a project whose teachers were part of the training in the video, above. The project took place in an inner city middle school.  Take a look... These 2 videos show an authentic cycle from teacher training through student reporting out of a very strong Service Learning project.