Building on last year's first-ever and highly successful A+ for Energy grant program, BP, a global energy provider, announced the launch of the 2005 A+ for Energy program. The 2005 A+ for Energy grant program awards $2 million in grants and scholarships to California K-12 teachers to implement creative and innovative educational programs to teach students about energy and energy conservation.
The A+ for Energy grant was developed to directly support teachers and allow them the opportunity to teach through innovation a very important subject in California – energy. Any K-12 teacher currently teaching in a California public or private school is eligible to submit an application. The grants are presented directly to teachers who submit creative classroom, after-school, extra-curricular or summer activities focused on energy education and/or energy conservation, in increments of $5,000 or $10,000.
BP encourages teachers to think outside of the box when creating their proposals. The 2004 A+ for Energy grants have allowed schools across California to turn food scraps into ethanol, create solar-powered cars, hold energy festivals, cook hot dogs with solar power and build solar-powered hot water systems.
BP partners with the National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project to support energy education in California schools by supplying course content and curriculum that is aligned with state standards for the core subject areas of science, math and social studies for all grades.