Education Program Offerings

Innovative K-12 Enrichment Education Programs!

 

* K-12 Programs – Solar One offers innovative programming to K-12 students throughout all 5 boroughs of New York City.

* Time and Location - Our enrichment programs are 1-1.5 hours long on-site here at the Solar One education center or at your school. Solar One offers anywhere from 1-3 sessions to schools – at school and on site at the education center. These sessions are adaptable in terms of location and time. Please specify preferences.

* Cost - Solar One is a vendor for the NYC Department of Education. Please contact us to receive more information about our education programs.

* Enrichment Program Topics - We offer programs that discuss – Renewable Energy, Sustainable Design and Estuary & Park Ecology.

* How to Sign Up - Please fill out a Pre-Visit Form to schedule a class. We cannot process inquiries without this application form first. More info below.


Enrichment Program Topics:

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Design

Estuary & Park Ecology


How to Schedule a Class:

Solar One is open for classes Monday- Friday from 10am – 5pm.

  1. To schedule a class fill out a quick Pre-Visit Form that tells us about your school, which program you would like to be involved with and dates that are available for in-classroom and on-site sessions!
  2. Fill in your availability and program preference (energy, design or estuary & park ecology) and email it to us at: education@solar1.org.
  3. Please include your contact information and several dates and times for in-school and on-site sessions in all inquiries to our Education Team.

How to Contact Us:

  • Phone: Call Khadijah Frederick at (646) 576-5658
  • Email (education@solar1.org) to learn more today!

Long-Term Programming: Green Design Lab

The Green Design Lab is a year-long curricular guide for greening your school. It provides hands-on learning opportunities that bring sustainability to life by using the school building as a teaching tool. It includes 5 units: Energy, Water, Air Quality, Materials and Food. The new Green Design Lab website is scheduled to launch in Spring 2012.  To learn more, please click on the logo below to download the GDL Introduction guide.


Solar One Education Programming around NYC!

Check out our CommunityWalk page to see what schools and organizations have already participated in a Solar One education program in the past. Also check out our partners list!

CommunityWalk Map – Solar One Education Program

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