The Eco-Green Program is a STEM education partnership between the National Wildlife Federation and General Motors (GM). The solar oven was a community effort that local businesses donated supplies and money to including Rossi Chevrolet Buick GMC dealership as part of the Eco-Green Program. The fourth graders at Holland Township met with Polytech students to discuss the project timeline, make conference calls, discuss exact measurements and make adjustments to the solar oven model. “Sustainability has to be written into STEM education now because of the larger natural science problems that are occurring.”Īll 60 of Bacskai’s fourth grade students are familiar with innovative problem-solving by working on projects like the solar oven that was designed and built in collaboration with Polytech High School 12 th grade students. “STEM curriculum provides students with the opportunity to engage in design process thinking and design process thinking embraces the idea that you’re always trying to achieve a solution to a problem,” said Bacskai. Photo: Stephanie Bacskaiīacskai is a proponent and leader of STEM-focused environmental education, in 2017 she was recognized for her work as an environmental educator by the U.S. Nugent’s first graders about the reflectors and how the simple switch works the repurposed fans to help with convection. Polytech High School Resource officer Tom Stoner delivered the solar oven to the Holland Township outdoor learning area in front of the Geodome for all students to see. Elementary Enrichment Teacher, Stephanie Bacskai ensures Holland Township students are part of this movement. In the past 45 years there has been a shift in education to include and advance sustainability and science, technology and engineering and math (STEM) in climate education. Earth Day marked an important week last April as schools nationwide joined the estimated 1 billion people in over 192 countries that participate in the global celebration of environmental education. Holland Township Elementary students in Milford, NJ joined outdoor activities by using the sun’s energy to bake their first batch of cookies in their newly constructed solar oven. Many students celebrated Earth Day this year outside in the sun, learning about wildlife habitats, local species, or, in the case of one classroom in New Jersey, about clean energy solutions to climate change.
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