American Electric Power supports collaborative efforts with departments of education,
school districts, school partners, other businesses, universities, and education
organizations to bring about meaningful change in teaching and learning especially
in the areas of mathematics and science.
AEP encourages and supports school-business partnerships in locations where employees
and teachers share mutual interest in improving pre-K through grade 12 education.
AEP encourages a focus on science, technology and math in its partnerships.
Learning from Light!
is an international initiative of AEP and partners to help schools and communities
install photovoltaic panels at schools and incorporate energy/environmental education
into the curriculum with teaching materials at the environmental section of AEP's
Web site. Using AEP technology, students can graph solar electricity produced and
energy used by their school on the Web site, compare their school to others and
study the science and economics of energy and the environment.
Learning from Wind!
is an initiative to help students, teachers and customers understand wind turbine
technology and generation. AEP is installing one small wind turbine (10 kilowatts)
at each of five locations on the AEP System to harness the wind and generate electricity.
Using Datapult SM technology, you'll be able to see how much energy is
produced, compare production to typical customer needs, monitor local wind conditions
and compare operation of the five turbines simultaneously.
Solar and other renewable energy sources also are being studied at sites in Texas,
Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas.
As a member of the Utility Business Education Coalition, AEP supports UBEC's initiatives
to improve pre-K through grade 12 student achievement, position youth for future
success and transform community work force development initiatives through effective
school-business partnerships with a school-to-work focus.
AEP is building on its tradition of education and community involvement with a commitment
to America's Promise —
The Alliance for Youth , a national volunteer initiative that aims to provide
young people with access to five fundamental resources. AEP's commitment includes
expansion of several of the education and community involvement initiatives listed
above.
AEP also works with other partners to develop ways to improve teaching and learning.
One such effort involved AEP environmental specialists working with teacher partners
and seven education, government and industry organizations in Ohio to develop a
unique publication, Integrating Environmental Education and Science. The publication
offers model reform-based learning episodes and a how-to guide to enable teachers
to design their own integrated learning episodes. Copies are available from the
bookstore at Educational REALMS.
To see how real-world perspectives and classroom science can be interwoven into
environmental education, click on the following model learning episodes:
