Twin Cities TeachScience Workshop

Join Climate Generation’s TeachScience Twin Cities workshop that will bring science, engineering, and education together to provide a foundation for learning towards the new MN middle school science energy and climate standards and support learners in building green career awareness and skills. Learn more about the TeachScience Project.

Workshop Details

Cost: Free!
Accommodations: Lunch provided, limited travel and lodging stipends available
Location/Dates: Woodbury, August 15-16, 2023 at E-STEM Middle School
16 clock hours towards continuing education credits

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Explore the Twin Cities TeachScience Workshop

Featured Green Professionals

The renewable and environmental job sector grew by 237% in the U.S. in the last five years. Curriculum that supports students’ development of the technical and adaptive skills needed in a green economy will connect students to career pathways that help them envision a healthy future. We are excited to have Green Professionals join the TeachScience workshops to share their stories.

Markeeta Keyes is the Green Career Exploration Program Manager Minneapolis Health Department- Sustainability Healthy Homes & Environment and will be presenting at the Twin Cities workshop. She desires to advance equitable and inclusive education and training opportunities that lead to Green sector careers. With the aim to reduce inequities, Markeeta leads a Green Career program that centers BIPOC representation, reduces barriers to access, elevates local industry representatives of color and has an established framework to mitigate trauma. Markeeta believes experiential learning opportunities and investment in strong, collaborative relationship building ensures this program is instrumental in gaining ground for environmental justice across our communities.

Keith Dent is the Founder and Owner of Just B Solar, a K-12 youth solar education and community outreach program. Keith has been involved in the Minnesota solar industry since 2015 as a residential and commercial lead installer, project manager, and a board member of solar organizations in Minnesota. Just B Solar works with community partners to develop and present an intro to PV solar installations training programs for young adults looking to start a career in solar installation. Keith will be sharing about his solar career path, motivation for starting Just B Solar and how that has led to solar installation training for young adults looking to start a career in the solar industry.

Featured Curriculum

We are so excited to be joined by KidWind and the Minnesota State Energy Center for Excellence as curriculum partners. Click their photos below to learn more! Climate Generation’s Green Careers for a Changing Climate and newly updated Experience Energy curricula will be explored to help teachers and students use science practices to make sense of social and scientific phenomena. Teachers will get to leave with a printed copy of the new 6 lesson curriculum Experience Energy! Check out all our curricular resources here.

KidWind will provide the opportunity to learn the science and technology around the power grid, wind turbines, and solar power. The energy-based content combined with practical standards connected classroom activities will make it easy to bring renewable energy into the classroom.

The Minnesota State Energy Center for Excellence will be bringing their Mobile Energy Classroom on site. The trailer is fitted with its own cabin-sized solar system and they are excited to share curriculum and resources they’ve gathered over the years to help teachers build an energy classroom experience that excites and engages students.