Watts Off Energy Challenge
This challenge has been designed specifically with Grade 6 energy curriculum outcomes in mind. If you choose to participate, you will be competing against other classes across Nova Scotia to complete energy activities, gain points and hopefully win the grand prize!
- Each week has a specific energy-related theme and corresponding activities
- For everything you complete, your class earns points! Assignments and points are tracked every week.
- The class with the top points at the end of the 6 weeks wins the grand prize. Participating classes may each get a cool prize as well, just for taking part!
Watts Off Stories
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Watts Off achievements so far!
We are in our fifth week of the Watts Off Energy Challenge. The students have been learning about energy saving behaviours and promoting them at school and home. Over the course of the last 4 weeks our 5 classes have successfully: Hosted 17 Lights Off, Blinds Open days Collected 373 pledges from friends and…
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Whycocomagh Education Centre students take initiative
Whycocomagh Education Centre (WEC) has been part of Green Schools for the last 5 years. During that time, many students received energy efficiency presentations and participated in activities with Engagement Officer Shandel Brown. As a result, the students at WEC have developed a very thorough understanding of where our energy in Nova Scotia comes from, the…
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Watts Off: Competitors take mission home and school-wide!
Our Watts-Off Energy Challenge competitors are into the third week of the competition and the teams are making some fantastic changes in their behaviour both in their schools and at home. Last week our focus was on reducing energy consumption used in lighting. The classes received their mission Monday morning, challenging them to a lights…
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Bring Environmental Learning to Classrooms Through Tech!
In the year 2019, distance learning has come a long way! I like to think back to the days when the only way to communicate with someone far away was by phone or a letter that actually had to be sealed and stamped, then physically journey to the destination. Who knows when the individual would receive it! Now we…
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Watts Off Challenge & Environmentally Sustainable Habits!
Intro to Watts Off Did you know that we have a challenge unrolling this week? That’s right! Green Schools Nova Scotia has launched the Watts Off Energy Challenge, an exciting pilot project offered in partnership with Efficiency Nova Scotia. Watts Off is a behavioural change competition that encourages students to take action towards building energy saving…
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Collaboration Leads Grade 9 New Germany Students to Energy Efficiency Enlightenment
Green Schools Nova Scotia Engagement Officers are always keen to collaborate with teachers to optimize student learning about energy efficiency. A recent school engagement with New Germany Rural High School is a great example of this collaboration. It began when Geoff Marshall attended the Green Schools Nova Scotia session at the Atlantic Science Teachers Conference…