Falcon Autistic Solar Team

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A propos de vous

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A propos de vous

Prénom

Kevin

Nom

Crosby

A propos de votre organisation

Nom

Independence High School

Site Web

Independence.kernhigh.org

Pays

États Unis, CA, Bakersfield

Pays dans lesquels ce projet crée un impact social

États Unis, CA, Bakersfield

Votre organisation est-elle une

Autre

Votre rôle dans l’éducation : [case à cocher]

Enseignant.

Le type d’école(s) à laquelle votre solution est destinée :

Publique (pas de frais de scolarité)

Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?

1‐5 années

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Innovation

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Stabilité (le projet a dépassé les premières étapes et obtient de bons résultats)

Depuis combien de temps votre solution est-elle en vigueur?

En place depuis 1 à 5 ans

Le besoin : quel problème tentez-vous de résoudre ?

The goals of our project were to help mainstream our Autistic students with their general education peers, and to provide outreach and awareness about green energy and promoting renewable energy for a sustainable future. The Falcon Autistic Solar Team wanted to provide an open forum, through our presentations, so that local students will think about ways they can make a difference too.

La solution: quelle solution proposez-vous ? Soyez précis !

Our higher-functioning students with Autism decided to form a club called the Falcon Autistic Solar Team to help peer-tutor other schools about how a solar panel takes radiant energy from the sun and converts it into electricity. The focus of the Falcon Autistic Solar Team (FAST) is to travel to other schools in Bakersfield, CA and teach their students about how solar energy works. Our presentations to other schools allow our special needs students to work on their socialization skills and help to develop their public speaking skills as well.

Le système : décrivez un exemple spécifique montrant de quelle façon votre initiative fonctionne ; indiquez vos principales activités.

Our solar demonstrations include using solar-powered cars, a solar house, and a solar-powered Ferris wheel. Falcon Autistic Solar Team members also demonstrate other solar energy conversions such as how radiant energy is used to cook food in a Solar Oven and how solar beads that contain a special pigment, change colors when exposed to ultraviolet light from the sun. Other goals of the Falcon Autistic Solar Team are to help our special-needs students at Independence H.S. gain a concrete understanding of science areas such as energy usage, forms of energy, photosynthesis, solar power, photovoltaic systems, and electricity.

Le marché : qui sont vos collègues et vos concurrents ? Identifiez les autres personnes qui travaillent à répondre au même besoin et indiquez ce qui vous différencie d'elles. Comment ces concurrents pourraient-ils influencer votre réussite ou votre croissance ?

Our project is creative and original in that it addresses our need for more solar energy education, it uses a “kids-teaching-kids” delivery model, and it is run by students with Autism. We don’t really have any competitors, but our project could be easily replicated by other groups of students and spread on a large-scale basis. I think that the more groups that start clubs like ours is a good thing. We would be happy to share our project with other schools to replicate.

Maintenant que vous avez bien réfléchi à votre participation, aidez-nous à la présenter.

décrivez votre organisation, votre programme ainsi que les services ou les produits proposés (1 ou 2 phrases brèves). [136 caractères/25 mots]

Students with Autism who peer-tutor other students about how solar energy works.

expliquez le caractère innovant de votre initiative (1 ou 2 phrases brèves). [136 caractères/25 mots]

Our students peer-tutor other students about how solar energy works. It helps mainstream our special-needs students with their peers.

Impact social

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Jusqu'à ce jour, quels résultats a obtenu votre projet ?

The Falcon Autistic Solar Team has done solar presentations for 14 classrooms. We have held an energy expo on our campus, sponsored a recycled art show, filmed 2 public service announcements about solar energy, created an energy calendar, and sponsored an energy run on our campus.

Quelles sont vos prévisions en termes d'impact au cours des trois prochaines années?

We plan on continuing to do solar presentations for 6-12 classrooms per year, as well as continue our other energy-related activities.

Quels sont les obstacles qui risquent de freiner votre projet ? Comment pensez-vous les surmonter ?

One possible barrier to our Falcon Autistic Solar Team project is transportation. Currently, we use our school’s special education van to go to other schools to do our solar demonstrations. If we lost the use of the van our project could possibly be jeopardized.

Les meilleures propositions possèdent un programme solide détaillant leurs prévisions pour atteindre et suivre leurs objectifs de croissance. Identifiez vos objectifs à 6 mois pour accroître vos résultats

We spend the first six months learning about solar energy and planning our solar club activities.

Définissez les trois tâches principales à accomplir pour atteindre ces objectifs à six mois

Tâche 1

Write grants to raise money for replacement supplies.

Tâche 2

Do art projects and other energy-related activities to reinforce the solar energy concepts.

Tâche 3

Identify and connect with possible schools where we could do solar demonstrations.

Et maintenant, voyez les choses en plus grand ! Identifiez vos objectifs à 12 mois

Our twelve month goal would be to do multiple solar demonstrations, complete other energy-related activities, and submit our pro

Définissez les trois tâches principales à accomplir pour atteindre vos objectifs à 12 mois

Tâche 1

Schedule solar demonstrations.

Tâche 2

Submit competition applications.

Tâche 3

Get feedback from attendees of our solar demonstrations to see what we can change to make things better.

Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world [125 words]

I was teaching our higher-functioning students with Autism how some of my solar-powered LEGO kits worked. The students were actively engaged in the activity and were making concrete connections with the learning. I was really impressed by how enthusiastic and focused the students were with the topic. Later that day while waiting for the buses, one of the students walked up to me and said, “That solar energy activity was mind-blowing!” That was my “aha” moment. I thought, “These kids could teach solar energy to other kids.”

Viabilité

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Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?

Over the last five years I have received over 30 grants worth $73,000 from corporations such as Target, Best Buy, Chevron, National Education Association, Pacific Gas & Electric, and DonorsChoose.org

Avec quelle équipe (employés, bénévoles, etc.) pensez-vous atteindre vos objectifs de croissance définis dans la section sur l'impact social? [75 mots]

Our Falcon Autistic Solar Team has 2 advisors and 12 student members.

Expliquez plus en détails les besoins et les offres indiqués ci-dessus ou proposez un type d'aide non mentionné dans la liste

Our main need is spreading our message on a larger scale.

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