At Hazelwood Elementary in St. John’s this morning, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro launched a new education program, aimed at teaching grade-school students more about how they get their electricity.
The “Power Your Knowledge” program was launched before a group of Grade 6 students who were given a presentation on the topic of electrical safety.
The topic is one of several covered in the new educational resource materials created by the Nalcor Energy arm and being provided online, for use by teachers and students.
Other topics covered include energy generation, distribution and savings.
The “Power Your Knowledge” resources are available at: www.poweryourknowledge.com. The site includes information sheets and multiple choice quizzes.
Teachers can create their own accounts to reach sample lesson plans on energy-related topics.
“Through consultation with the Department of Education and teachers, we geared our program towards Grade 6 students, but we believe anyone of any age will find this resource an informative and engaging way to learn about how electricity works here in this province,” said Darren Moore, General Manager of Transmission and Rural Operations at Hydro, in a statement issued this morning.
“The most important component of this program is electrical safety. By educating youth, our goal is to prevent electrical injuries and we hope they also take the safety message into their own homes to teach their families about electrical safety.”
Bitter are we? If the RNC or a nurse or a fireman or anyone else took the time to visit a school and educate kids then it is a community service. Why is it different when Nalcor does it? I don't know but I would think that keeping kids out of sub-stations is sort of important....wouldn't you?