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On May 7, the Alliance to Save Energy's, Saving Energy in DC Schools program came to a successful conclusion for the 2008-2009 school year with a reporting out / celebration by participating schools. This video is a compilation of the SEDS program components starting with the Teacher Training in October, 2008, followed by the Student Energy Audit Training, students project activities, the Mid-Year meeting, technology demonstration, and finishing with the Earth Day celebration at Horace Mann El...
This video documents a charrette that took place for a high school in Philadelphia. It was filmed from the perspective of students who participated.
On June 14, 2008, graduate students from Rob Fleming's "Green Design Build" course participated in and had leadership responsibility for a design charrette at Awbury Arboretum. The charrette was to create a design scheme for a permanent wash station for Weaver's Way Coop Farm at Awbury. Rob is the Director of the Master of Science in Sustainable Design Program at Philadelphia University and the lead teacher/creator of the Design/Build course. The charrette was the "design" part of a process th...
In this video, 6th and 7th graders worked with world class Community Partner, The Wooden Boat Factory. They started with 4 rectangular pieces of boat wood and, working 2 hours/week, finished 8 months later with the boats on the water. Powerful!
This video depicts 3rd and 4th graders conducting alternative energy projects focused on solar applications. It is a compilation of 2 projects designed by Guerilla Educatorsin which students designed and built solar powered model cars and solar powered battery rechargers. The video authentically demonstrates the power of Project Based Learning to engage students and give them ownership in their educational processes. It also shows that learning can (and should) be FUN!
Check out the interview between the sustainable architect, Scott Kelly, co-founder of Re:Vision Architecture and John Sole, from Guerilla Educators. Scott was named the AIA's Philadelphia 2007 Young Architect of the Year. This video has been featured on the iGreenBuild website. Using the new Aerzen office/manufacturing complex as a 3 dimensional teaching and learning tool, Scott gives a virtual seminar about sustainable design in such areas as environmentally friendly landscaping, stormwater m...
This video depicts an inner city 4th grade class in Philadelphia that participated in an American Institute of Architects Architecture in Education program with critical support from John Sole Founder of Guerilla Educators. It is a powerful synopsis of this 12 week project in which students working in small cooperative groups envisioned, then built models of their lunchroom as a state of the art, high performance, sustainably designed eating area. Architects from SchraderGroup came into the cl...