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 Our Next Webinar Features Emily Hawbaker, Curriculum Director for the National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project

Teaching Energy & Creating an Energy Team - Kids Teaching Kids!

 

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

7:00 p.m. ET, 6:00 p.m. CT, 5:00 p.m. MT, 4:00 p.m. PT

Join us for a fun webinar where we'll showcase fun ways to "energize" your classroom or programming to include all things energy.

Participants will get a chance to see hands-on demonstrations covering forms of energy, energy sources, and energy efficiency and conservation.

While showcasing these fun activities, we'll discuss ways to have students form an energy team to help share their energy know-how with others, forming valuable leadership and stewardship mindsets. We'll also share how to access all of NEED's FREE curriculum and spotlight events and opportunities for teachers and students.

Presenter: Emily Hawbaker

 

Emily Hawbaker is the Curriculum Director for the National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project.  A graduate of Penn State University’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and College of Education, Emily started working with NEED as a middle school Earth and Physical Sciences teacher in Delaware County, PA, and has been with NEED full time for over 13 years, creating energy content for all, and working with teachers, students, community programs, and businesses of all kinds to bring energy education to their communities. Emily holds a Master of Education from Cabrini University and is the author of Energy Lab for Kids: 40 Exciting Experiments to Explore, Create, Harness, and Unleash Energy.

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The National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit education association. The mission of the NEED Project is to promote an energy conscious and educated society by creating networks of students, educators, and business, government, and community leaders to design and deliver objective, multi-sided energy education programs. NEED aims to:

•       prepare the future energy and STEM workforce
•      provide accurate, authentic and engaging energy content
•      train educators to teach energy from a balanced perspective
•       engage families and decision makers through community outreach

For more information about NEED please go to our website: https://www.need.org

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TO SIGN UP FOR THIS WEBINAR CLICK HERE

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A certificate indicating you have engaged in one hour of professional development will be available to those who attend the webinar in person and request it.

The presentation will be recorded and placed on the NMLSTA website https://nmlsta.wildapricot.org/ where it will be available for members.

2025-2026 Webinar Schedule

September 25, 2025

Suzanne Cunningham: LEGO(TM) Chemistry

October 21, 2025

   Suzanne Zilvetti: Show What You Know: Empowering Students with Science Portfolios    

 November 18, 2025

   Emily Hawbaker: Teaching Energy & Creating Energy Team - Kids Teaching Kids!    

December 2, 2025

Missy Holzer & Donna Governor - Empowering Students to Think Critically with Model-Evidence Link Diagrams

 January 15, 2026

Katy Garvey - MySciLife
 February 25, 2026

    Jon Griffith & Bridget Walsh -  Explore Data Sensemaking Strategies in the Context of Climate Phenomena with Data Puzzles    

March 24, 2026

Rachel Arbor - Integrating Environmental Literacy into the Classroom

April 15-18, 2026

NSTA National Conference

Anaheim, CA

The presentations will be recorded and placed on the NMLSTA website where it will be available for members.

To access the recordings of previous webinars, click on the "Members-Only" link  in the header strip.