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Educators WHYY Education offers links to various online professional development resources for teachers including websites and articles that address important educational issues. ABC Travel Guides for Kids It's an alphabet book, map and souvenir all in one, and it's designed to be in the hands of the child and the parent. AAA Math — website that contains hundreds of pages of basic math skills, interactive practice on every page and an explanation of the math topic on each page. Center for Media Literacy works to help citizens, especially the young, develop critical thinking and media production skills needed to live fully in the 21st century media culture. Crayola — Find rich, hands-on learning experiences that can be searched by subject, theme, grade, media, and completion time. Earlychildhood.com — The Professional Resource for teachers and parents. Frontline: Public Schools Inc. — Frontline and the PBS education series investigates the intertwined fortunes of Edison Schools and its charismatic, controversial leader, Chris Whittle. Heroes 4 Us helps children learn about real life heroes and inspires them to be all that they can be. NASA — Learning resources, professional development, contacts for educators. National Council of Teachers of English - works to advance teaching, research, and student achievement in English language arts at all scholastic levels. PBS Ready to Learn — is a nationwide effort using on-air, online and print resources and local support to help parents and early childhood educators prepare children for success in school. PBS TeacherLine — provides online professional development through facilitated courses, a supportive learning community, and exemplary professional resources. PBS Teacher Source — you'll find a host of free educational resources tied to PBS programming and correlated to state and national standards. U.S. Department of Education — Read about ways to improve students' learning, search toolkits and various publications for teachers. Lights, Camera, Action! PECO Energizing Education Program Students Present Projects at WHYY Studios Students and teachers from five local elementary and middle schools presented their community projects in May, developed as part the PECO Energizing Education Program (PEEP). The projects were presented at WHYY Studios as part of the closing ceremonies for 2011, when 13 local schools participated. The program started in January with teacher education at The Franklin Institute. Teachers brought their learning back to their classrooms to share with their students. Following this, teachers and students put their knowledge to practical use by completing an energy efficiency/conservation community project. While community projects varied from a CFL giveaway to a community energy fair to recycling programs and model homes that showed various ways to reduce energy, all shared a similar message-reducing energy has positive environmental impacts. "Thank you for sharing your learning with others in your community. You absolutely got the message," said Craig Adams, PECO's senior vice president and chief operating officer. "We're all responsible for conserving energy, and the more we conserve, the greater the impact we can have on the environment." The PECO Energizing Education Program is designed in partnership with the National Energy Education Development Project (NEED). The project-based curriculum explores the relationship between energy efficiency and conservation and environmental preservation through hands-on activities. In addition to curriculum training and educational materials, students participate in a school energy audit and receive home energy audit kits. Each school also receives $2,500 in funding from PECO for their project. |
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