Solar Environmental Lab Project Educators Wesley Hill and Dave
Madden of the Berlin Community School in Camden County were
awarded a $7,850 grant from the NJEA Frederick L. Hipp
Foundation for Excellence in Education. In the Solar
Environmental Project, students in grades six through eight
enrolled in math, technology, and pre-engineering programs
design and build a solar environmental lab which is powered by
solar panels. Students also design and build their own solar
panels in the classroom in preparation for actual installation.
During the summer, seventh-grade math and technology teachers
will design Solar Environmental Lab Project instructional
elements, while other teachers help ensure that technology and
math literacy elements are met. In October and again in
February, teachers conduct field trips for students to Lockheed
Martin. In February, technology classes design demonstrational
solar panels. In April, math classes complete graphs from data
provided by the technology classes, and in turn, technolo