BP + Grant Meeting: A+ for Energy

Feb. 3, 2007; LA County Dept. of Ed.                             NOTES

 

JUDGING:

 

1.       All applications are read by 2 people unless they don’t agree. Then another person reads it to determine grade.

2.       Will be read by energy professionals to make sure it DOES NOT promote energy or science misconceptions; and that it is safe

 

NOTES:

 

  1. Make application easy to find information. Label each section with headings.
  2. You can ask for anything. Must be justified.
  3. What are you going to do with these items you are budgeting? Be specific.
  4. You can use up to 25% for salary; it must be beyond what a teacher normally does; can’t be for lesson plans; can be for subs, etc.
  5. Have to be specific; justify; what are the kids going to get out of the activity.
  6. Any monies not covered by receipts, will be taxed as income. Keep good bookkeeping.
  7. Summary Section: not graded; should be an abstract, short statement; what am I going to do and how its going to affect kids
  8. 80% grade: lowest score that is usually funded
  9. Relate to sources; coal, geothermal, etc. What is the energy saving? What is the Carbon footprint?
  10. Watch acronyms. BAD. Description is better.
  11. Goals Section: Must have specific goals!! Have you met your goals? Be concrete.
  12. How do we know if you did it what you said? Have you accomplished your goals?
  13. Write a lesson plan with an objective. Helpful before writing application.
  14. Create an outline for application before you actually write the narrative application.
  15. Activities: must be substantial; make sure you have students do all or most of the activities.
  16. Must be grade level appropriate.
  17. Could be aligned to state standards, but really needs to be aligned with the greater school program.
  18. What are the school’s ESLRs? Can you connect your project to this?
  19. Student Leadership Section: speak, present, authoritative reference for a team, head of team, presenting to others; you could bring in school leadership, such as ASB.
  20. Community Involvement: what is the community? School, grade level, community, anyone; must be meaningful involvement; Community involvement that is ongoing scores the highest on rubric; create the contacts prior to sending in application
  21. Project starts in summer, fall; January Mid Term report
  22. Make it 10-12 point size; don’t blind the reader with small font sizes.
  23. Timelines and flowcharts are effective as graphics but not necessary.
  24. Mention your audience and what they will get out of this project. Judges love this.
  25. Register for reminders of application due date: www.aplusforenergy.com
  26. Great site: www.bp.com/us/education  for more resources.

 

Contact information:

Bill Tarr

Tarr01@aol.com

 

He will give you 5 minute advice. No in-depth reviews.

 

Notes created by J. Kannofsky