In celebration of Earth Day, FirstLight Power, a leading clean provider of renewable energy and energy storage resources, announced that the company is starting the second year of its Valley Climate Champions education grant program.
Donor Name: FirstLight Power
State: Massachusetts
County: Franklin County (MA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 10/01/2022
Grant Size: $2,000
Details:
The Valley Climate Champions grant program was an invaluable opportunity to work hands-on with their students; it allowed Franklin County Technical School to exercise their stewardship attitudes in regard to natural resources.
The program was launched last year to engage Franklin County middle and high school teachers and students on the region’s growing clean energy sector and to highlight the urgency of climate change. The program offers seven $1,000 grants to high school and middle school teachers. An additional $2,000 will be awarded to the grant recipient with the best project, which will be presented in the Spring of 2023.
As one of last year’s Valley Climate Champions grantees – and the recipient of the additional $2,000 prize – Franklin County Technical School Science Teacher Matt Gancz embarked on a novel project to study energy conservation and energy conversion with his 10th grade students. The students used the grant to build an outdoor brick oven for baking pizza and bread. During the planning phase, students calculated how much energy it would take to heat the oven to baking temperature. From there, students used a calorimeter to test the energy that’s released from the combustion of seasoned wood. The students recently celebrated their accomplishments with a pizza party.
FirstLight’s Valley Climate Champions Program encourages eligible Franklin County teachers to apply.
For more information, visit FirstLight Power.
