Application of Funds

Ideally, the Team wishes to receive funding over 18 months to execute the Pre-Pilot, the Pilot and Phase 2.  This allows for more focused management and the benefit of developing the content in multiple mediums at one time.

  • For the Pre-Pilot Phase: $15,000
  • For the Pilot Phase as presented: $29,800
  • Additional schools after the Pilot: $4,600
  • Phase Two: est $55,000-$95,000
  • Phase Three: est $150,000+

Pre-Pilot

Bryan ISD wishes to execute a trial of the key concepts in a summer setting before adopting portions of this Project into two of their Middle Schools.  They have reviewed the Project and propose the following:

Five full days of math and science experiences focused on energy efficiency, Renewables, energy transfer, and some of the activities listed above, coupled with field trips to TAMU, Blinn, the local utility provider (BTU) and perhaps their own High School construction prep house site.    Pre and post assessments would be executed at the start and end of the five days.

BISD seeks support for four staff days of preparation and five days of teacher time during the event, plus supplies, transportation, and the costs of the TAMU component.

This Pre-pilot would result in the construction of the kit and a shakedown of the concepts before expanding into the less forgiving class room environment during the following fall and spring.

Pilot

Items marked with an asterisk (*) are “in kind”.  The detailed budget break down is attached.

Module Materials Labor Administration Time
The Kit See appendix for full list of materials Assembly Design, Supervision, obtaining donated materials.
Energy Engineer Visit Handouts, the Kit. School Facilities (prep)*, utility bill analysis, travel, tour, further analysis, report preparation, report presentation and a small block of time for follow up. Assessment. Procuring the utility bills and floor plans from the school, scheduling the trips, possibly attending the visits, and follow up.  Project report.  Video tape of the Plant.
Class Curriculum Handouts Teacher’s prep time to integrate the materials, preparing the handout packages, assessment. Management and report.
Internet Activities School computer labs, and optionally home computer access. Curriculum listed including ESL’s calculators*, Assessment. Design and management, report.
Career Fair Existing program extended by use of the classroom material, and the Kit. Existing program, extended by use of the Kit at the Fair, assessment. SECO presentation. Report contribution.
Vocational/Collegiate Field Trips School Bus Teacher, Driver, chaperones*, host, time and materials (some in kind, some at cost).  Assessment. SECO participation. Travel coordination, report.
Teacher Training

 Kit and access to online curriculum.

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Existing program extended by use of the classroom materials, and the Kit.

 Teacher Stipend

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Existing program, extended by use of the Kit at the Training. SECO presentation.

 Arranging trip to ESL, hosting, training time (covered in ESL’s startup time).

Phase Two

To realize the increased scope of Phase Two the Team will expand to include:

New online content Whyville.net and the Texas A&M Visualization team:
Longer term assessment TAMU staffing for the ongoing assessments, materials.
Dissemination To other colleges and vocational training programs to “get with the program”.
Teacher Training Expand the Teacher Training Module as described above.

Phase Three

The cost of completely virtualizing the project is reduced significantly by building on the earlier success of Whyville in engineering and biology.  Costs would be in the $150,000+ range.  Once completed anyone could access all of the content online.  The Engineer/Kit modules become optional and available through local funding.