Investigating Green Energy Technologies in the City: A Youth Based Project

调查城市绿色能源技术（GET城市）是一个以青年为基础的项目，旨在针对服务不足的中学生，介绍能源可持续性和环境健康的概念。合作伙伴包括密歇根州立大学教育学院和工程学院、兰辛男孩和女孩俱乐部、兰辛水和光委员会以及非营利能源和环境机构城市选择。参与者将学习使用信息技术工具（GIS软件、数据库和通信工具），并获得信息技术工作技能、研究经验、科学知识和查询技能。项目的组成部分包括每两周一次的课外活动（18周），为期3周的暑期项目，包括实地设计经验，社区能源活动，家长参与活动，职业实地考察和项目网站。青年们还将参加一年一度的社区博览会，并进行能源审计。涵盖的主题包括限电、环境健康、替代能源和绿色能源技术。青年将得到能源导师的持续支持，并获得领导经验。该项目将导致课程的发展，其中包括以核心能源概念为重点的基于it的调查。GET City还包括一个研究组成部分，检查青年在科学、工程和IT方面的身份发展，试图了解该计划如何支持参与IT社区的实践。这项研究与综合评估相结合，将有助于深入了解项目设计如何促进青少年在科学、工程和IT领域的参与和学习。70名青年将在两年内获得280小时的接触时间。

Investigating Green Energy Technologies in the City (GET City) is a youth-based project designed to target underserved middle school students and introduce concepts in energy sustainability and environmental health. Partners include Michigan State University's College of Education and College of Engineering, Lansing Boys and Girls Club, Lansing Board of Water and Light, and Urban Options, a non-profit energy and environmental agency. Participants learn to use IT tools (GIS software, databases, and communication tools) and gain IT workforce skills, research experiences, science knowledge, and inquiry skills. Project components include bi-weekly afterschool sessions (18 weeks), a 3-week summer program with field-based design experiences, community energy events, parental involvement activities, career field trips, and a project website. Youth will also participate in an annual community fair and conduct energy audits. Topics covered include brownouts, environmental health, alternative energy sources, and green energy technologies. Youth will receive ongoing support from energy mentors and gain leadership experience. The project will result in the development of a curriculum that includes IT-based investigations with a focus on core energy concepts. GET City also includes a research component that examines youth identity development in science, engineering, and IT in an attempt to understand how the program supports participation in an IT community of practice. The research, in conjunction with the comprehensive evaluation, will contribute to the field by providing insight into how the program design fosters youth engagement and learning in science, engineering, and IT. Seventy youth will receive 280 contact hours over two years of participation.