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Activity Types in My Green CurriculumMy Green Curriculum is the name for our practical, affordable and adaptable curriculum made for you, from experience. As you can see from the pie chart to the right, this classroom experience is hands-on with 69% of classroom time spent on labs and group activities.
Introducing the first, turnkey Green Collar Workforce Training Curriculum designed perfectly for get-to-work programs and on the job training. And, it prepares students for the latest, most recognizable credentials in the field. We offer a full curriculum for a current, state of the art education program that prepares students for industry recognized, employer sought credentials from BPI, RESNET, and other organizations. The curriculum covers building science, weatherization, energy efficiency, green building, home energy auditing and diagnostics, green jobs and green building certifications.
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This curriculum is designed to convey concepts surrounding energy efficiency retrofits and weatherization, energy auditing, green building and green jobs while preparing students for the most recognized national credentials within the green building and energy efficiency industry from BPI and RESNET. The concepts are divided into units that are further divided into bite sized learning modules with the intent of engaging students through inquiry based pedagogy: engage, tell, show, do. Concepts are presented in short, distilled presentations, videos and demonstrations followed by personal discovery activities that students perform individually or in small groups with active learning making up 69% of instructional time. This approach builds student knowledge base incrementally, each stage reinforcing the previous. Each module begins with a discussion that triggers a student’s quest for information. While traditional lecture settings focus on the ‘tell’ approach to learning, this curriculum captures students with props, mock ups and activities before they have a chance to be turned off.
My Green Curriculum is designed to indoctrinate students in the best practices of green building and weatherization, while empowering them to give input, develop ideas and shape programs allowing transformation of members into environmental stewards and furthers market transformation by training and employing a generation of green collar workforce. My Green Curriculum is designed to instill new ideals of patriotism, incorporating resource conservation, economic livelihood and health of Americans.
My Green Curriculum Educational Partners
YouthBuild Long Island
My Green Curriculum was seeded by Rick Wertheim and the group of wonderful professionals at YouthBuild Long Island. Through their continued support and encouragement, the dynamic nature of our offerings continues to evolve and improve.
YouthBuild USA
Organic Think is happy to be working with YouthBuild USA as a partner in their award of a US Department of Energy Weatherization Innovation Grant for 2011-2012.
Building Green - Peter Yost
It was truly an honor to collaborate with the likes of Peter Yost and Building Green with their years of experience as experts in their field. Peter provided technical consulting and materials during curriculum development.
GreenBuildingAdvisor.com + Fine Homebuilding
When good things happen, good groups of people are willing to help. The fine folks at GBA and Fine Homebuilding donate a year membership to each group that purchases an annual license for My Green Curriculum, a near $200 value.
What Topics Does My Green Curriculum Cover?
- Building Components
- Contract Documents
- Windows
- Houses + Climate
- Homeworks: Building Science Basics
- Tools of the Trade: Handheld Hygrothermal Tools
- Building Envelope
- Insulation
- Tools of the Trade: Envelope Sealing
- Air Sealing Lab
- Insulation Lab
- Dense Pack Lab
- Durability
- Moisture Management Lab: Bottom of the Home
- Moisture Management Lab: Middle of the Home
- Moisture Management Lab: Top of the Home
- Heating + Cooling + Humidity Control
- Ducts
- Duct Sealing Lab
- Ventilation
- Water Heating
- Combustion Safety
- Hazardous Materials
- EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule
- Mobile Homes
- Multifamily Homes
- Integrating Systems
- Units of Measurement Review
- Environmental Stewardship
- Location + Sites
- Water Sensibility 1: Water Issues
- Energy Efficiency
- Material Efficiency
- Environmental Quality
- All Together Now: Sustainable Buildings
- Introduction to Green Jobs
- Advanced Framing
- Advanced Framing Lab
- Waste Management
- Household Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Watersensibility: Fixtures
- Green Jobs Case Studies
- Graduate Resources: Green Action Plan
- Graduate Resources: Green Marketing Plan
- Tools of the Trade: Auditing Equipment
- Construction Math + Date Collection
- Auditing Procedure
- CAZ: Combustion Appliance Zones
- Auditing Lab