Alberta emerald youth grant

Right now we are in a global pandemic and I am teaching a group of kids who are learning from home.  They need all the connection and inspiration I can find for them and a way to feel like they are making a difference in a time when many feel helpless.  The environmental problems we are studying in school are concerning them, now more than ever.  If I can provide projects that help them figure even a small part of it out and share that knowledge with others, I feel that will make a lasting impact.  

I want to enrich my A+ For Energy project with Inside Education and my colleague Julie Arsenault, so that my Distance Learning students can participate from home.   Thanks to the Alberta Emerald Foundation Youth Grant we will have students design and make energy-efficient space colonies by coding Micro;bits automated systems.   Students will develop environmental monitoring stations, automated habitats, and so much more.

We love space exploration and it is the "SPARK" for so much of what we do.  That being said it is our fervent belief that it is irresponsible to colonize other planets or the moon unless we have first solved the energy and environmental issues on Earth.  We hope that space exploration will be a driving force into a "greener" future.