VEEP works with Robinson Elementary School in Starksboro to help educate students about efficiency and energy, including the 19 solar trackers that power the school.
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This summer, VEEP worked with Dan Noel, principal of Robinson Elementary School in Starksboro, to develop a plan to educate students about the 19 solar trackers that power the school. The plan included a half-day Energy Fair in October with 5 hands-on stations focused on efficiency, solar power and wind power. VEEP also developed Solar Statistics, a 6th grade math worksheet that uses online data from the school's solar trackers to calculate range, mean, and mode. According to one student "This was the best math class ever!"
In December, VEEP will return to Robinson and present Electricity and the Environoment to 3rd and 4th grade classes. Robinson's energy education initiative was funded in part by a grant from VECAN written by Caleb Elder, Town Energy Coordinator in Starksboro. Read more about this story in the BFP article, "A Vermont sort of independence."

