2016 ConocoPhillips Louisiana Energy Education Workshop - Houma, LA 

If you are unable to complete your registration please email wmoss@need.org to be placed on the wait list. Please include workshop date and city in the email.

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• 4^th – 12^th Grade Science Teachers
• CTE Teachers
• Math Teachers

FOR THE ATTENDEES:

• It’s FREE
• Breakfast & lunch provided
• Substitute reimbursement
• A NEED Science of Energy Kit
• State standard aligned curriculum. 

QUESTIONS?
Contact Wendi Moss at wmoss@need.org or call 1-800-875-5029 

DID YOU KNOW
Through NEED, ConocoPhillips funds energy education workshops for teachers in the U.S. We help teachers educate students on a wide range of topics including energy conservation and alternative energy sources. Over 95 percent of the workshop participants indicate that they will use the materials in their classrooms. To date, we have reached approximately 600,000 students through the program.

ABOUT THE SPONSOR
ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips is an independent E&P company focused on exploring for, developing and producing crude oil and natural gas globally.  Our diverse portfolio primarily includes resource-rich North American unconventional assets; oil sands assets in Canada; lower-risk legacy assets in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia; several international developments across the portfolio; and an inventory of global conventional and unconventional exploration prospects.

ABOUT THE NEED PROJECT
The NEED Project designs and delivers teacher-tested educational materials, evaluation techniques and tools, recognition of student achievement, and professional development for educators. NEED materials and training programs provide comprehensive, objective information about the scientific concepts of energy and the sources of energy – their use and their impact on the environment, the economy and society.

2016 Agenda

8:00 a.m.                      Registration & Breakfast 

8:30 a.m.                      Welcome to the Workshop!

Introduction to The NEED Project and Energy Bingo

Take a quick pre-workshop assessment.     

9:00 a.m.                      The Science of Energy

Learn more about the forms of energy and energy transformations while experimenting with the Science of Energy kit.  ConocoPhillips provides a Science of Energy Kit (for appropriate grade level) to all participating teachers.                       

11:00 a.m.                    Energy Enigma

After learning about the Science of Energy, participants begin studying the sources of energy. What are they? Where do they come from? How do we use each of the 10 sources of energy? 

11:45 a.m.                    Lunch and ConocoPhillips Speaker

Following the lessons on energy sources, a local ConocoPhillips representative will speak about today’s and tomorrow’s energy challenges and the company’s activities in the local area.

12:30 p.m.                    Intro to Oil & Gas 

12:45 p.m.                    Exploring Oil & Gas-Peak Oil Activity

These lessons and activities help students understand the exploration, production and use of the nation’s oil and natural gas.

2:15 p.m.                      Nifty Natural Gas Story

This lesson will help explain the energy transformations or flows involved in natural gas, from production to use. 

2:45 p.m.                      Understanding Energy Efficiency – The Energy Conservation Web

This quick lesson allows participants to understand their home and school as a system and to better conserve energy resources. 

3:15 p.m.                      Paperwork and Other Stuff:  Complete Workshop Evaluations, Post-workshop assessment, receive substitute reimbursement forms, and complete Order Forms for Curriculum and Kits. 

3:30 p.m.                      Adjourn