2018 Shell Energy Education Workshop - Gonzales, LA 

If you are unable to complete your registration please email wmoss@need.org. You will be placed on the wait list if the event it full.

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND? 

• 4^th – 12^th Grade Science Teachers
• CTE Teachers
• Math Teachers
• Social Science Teachers
• Afterschool Program Leaders

FOR THE ATTENDEES:

• It’s FREE
• Breakfast & lunch provided
• Substitute reimbursement
• Choice of a NEED Science of Energy Kit or a NEED Oil & Gas Kit
• LEAP aligned curriculum

ABOUT THE SPONSOR
SHELL
Shell Oil Company, including its consolidated companies and its share in equity companies, is one of America’s leading oil and natural gas producers, natural gas marketers, gasoline marketers and petrochemical manufacturers. Shell, a leading oil and gas producer in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, is a recognized pioneer in oil and gas exploration and production technology. Shell Oil Company is an affiliate of the Shell Group, a global group of energy and petrochemical companies, employing approximately 104,000 people and operating in more than 110 countries and territories.

AGENDA

8:00 a.m.               Registration & Continental Breakfast

Pick up curriculum materials and supplies and network during breakfast. NEED curriculum packets are sponsored for each teacher attending the workshop. Packets include Teachers Guides for teaching energy, Energy Infobooks (student readers) and more. 

 8:30 a.m.               Welcome and Today’s Goals and Objectives

Meet your fellow participants. Review goals and objectives for the workshop and begin planning ways to use the NEED materials and training in your school. Play Oil and Gas Bingo! 

 9:00 a.m.               The Science of Energy

Learn more about the forms of energy and energy transformations while exploring the stations of the Science of Energy kit. Shell’s sponsorship provides teachers a choice of a Science of Energy Kit or a Oil & Gas Kit. 

 10:30 a.m.            Energy Enigma

After learning about the Science of Energy, participants will 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?

 11:30 a.m.             Exploring Oil and Natural Gas 

These lessons and activities help students understand the exploration, production and use of the nation’s oil and natural gas. Activities include: porosity, polymers, core sampling, hydraulic fracturing and more.  Shell’s sponsorship provides teachers a choice of a Science of Energy Kit or an Oil & Gas Kit.

 12:00 p.m.            Lunch

 12:45 p.m.            Exploring Oil and Natural Gas (con’t) and The Science of Racing

Students (and lots of adults) like things that go fast!   Check out these lessons designed for Shell Racing and Motorsports.   From Grand Prix to NASCAR, there’s a lot to learn about how fuels, power, and materials matter. 

 1:45 p.m.              Peak Oil Activity

This lesson helps students understand the exploration, production and use of the nation’s oil and natural gas.

 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.              Closing and Workshop Paperwork:

Substitute Reimbursement, Parking, and Materials

Complete Evaluations and Order Forms, receive certificates for professional development.

 3:30 p.m.              Adjourn