About EVEP - Introduction
Introduction
History
Cooperative Research Network Pilot Study
Activities
Benefits
Sponsors
Purpose
To develop an educational electric vehicle program which will:
- Improve performance on Quality Core Curriculum science, automotive, and technology standards
- Create an awareness of related carriers
- Increase knowledge of environmental and transportation issues.
Education is the focus, motivated learning is the result
EV Education Program Components
Professional Development
Learning starts with the teacher.
Before teachers begin working with their students, they attend training
workshops. They build the same vehicles that they will be using in the
classroom. They learn about the subject matter, the curriculum, and
other information resources. Teachers in the workshops work together,
learn from each other, and help each other. The teacher network and
ongoing technical support and training keep teachers current.
Curriculum
Teaching tools expand and energize the classroom.
The program can be used with many different areas from chemistry and
physics, to automotive technology, history, and language arts - all
tied to Georgia’s Quality Core Curricula. The curriculum uses resources
from standard classroom texts, how-to books, and the Internet through a
variety of media. Activities merge traditional book learning with
hands-on labs and construction.
Hands-on Activities
Students learn by doing.
Hands-on activities from simple labs to constructing and testing a
drivable electric vehicle challenge and motivate students. Students
must bring skills and information from many areas to bear in problem
solving.
Partnerships
Schools can’t do it alone.
Sometimes they need the facilities, technical, and financial support of
community and business partners. Whether it’s helping take the engine
out of a truck or helping students learn new skills like computer-aided
design, and using a soldering iron, the Georgia EV Education Program
involves the community and local businesses in more than just
contributing money in support of the program.
Competitions
It’s more than building vehicles; students need goals and challenges.
Electric vehicle competitions held twice a year pit schools and their
EV teams against each other in events that not only test how well the
vehicles perform but also test the students’ knowledge, understanding,
troubleshooting, and speaking skills.
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