Browsing by Author "Altizer, Barbara F."

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    Project Coal to Electricity
    Altizer, Barbara F.; Presley, Marsha R.; Fannon-Osborne, Amy G.; Zipper, Carl E. (Virginia Tech. Powell River Project, 2012)
    Provide teachers a week long field experience to improve their understanding of a variety of environmental and economic issues relating to coal extraction, preparation, transportation, and utilization. Also, to introduce them to actual reclamation, acquaint them with the reclamation of surface mine sites for a variety of post-mining land use options and educate them about reclamation practices. Presentations are directed toward the development of lesson plans encompassing the Standards of Learning for teachers whose responsibilities include Virginia Studies, natural resources in grades 3, 4, 5, and 6, Civics & Economics, or Earth Science. Our program has exceeded the borders of Virginia into surrounding states such as Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and North Carolina. Due to this expansion, we will re-evaluate the standards of learning to a national base instead of the Virginia base standards.
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    Project Coal to Electricity
    Altizer, Barbara F.; Childress, Harry; Meeks, Phil; Zipper, Carl E. (Virginia Tech. Powell River Project, 2015)
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    Project Coal to Electricity 2013 Summer Energy Education Program
    Altizer, Barbara F.; Richardson, Jack; Meeks, Phil; Zipper, Carl E. (Virginia Tech. Powell River Project, 2013)
    This week-long summer session offers teachers in grades 3-7 and earth science teachersa unique opportunity to learn about the coalfields in Virginia/central Appalachian region and the economic impact on the state/local/region economies. Designed to address the natural resource and earth science standards of learning, the sessions provides teachers first hand field experience with the extraction, preparation and utilization of coal. In addition, the regulatory requirements and global economy associated with coal are examined.
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    Project Coal to Electricity 2014 Summer Energy Education Program
    Altizer, Barbara F.; Ratliff, Donald; Meeks, Phil; Zipper, Carl E. (Virginia Tech. Powell River Project, 2014)
    This week-long summer session offers teachers in grades 3-7 and earth science teachers a unique opportunity to learn about the coalfields in Virginia/central Appalachian region and the economic impact on the state/local/region economies. Designed to address the natural resource and earth science standards of learning, the sessions provides teachers first hand field experience with the extraction, preparation and utilization of coal. In addition, the regulatory requirements and global economy associated with coal are examined.