Title: About SPEs New Energy Education Program
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2About SPEs New Energy Education Program
- Energy4me is for students and kids
- Encourages secondary students to pursue high-tech
petroleum engineering careers - Provides information on university programs and a
scholarship database - Helps with science fair projects and school
reports - Offers fun activities, games, and coloring pages
- Energy4me is for teachers
- Provides classroom activities and resources
- Offers workshops at selected SPE conferences
- Energy4me is for industry professionals
- Encourages SPE members to give energy-related
presentations to classrooms and civic
organizations - Gives speakers prepared materials and
presentations - Facilitates and promotes two levels of speakers
programs - Energy4me is for everyone
- Offers accurate energy information from a trusted
resourceSPE - Answers important questions like, how much oil
is left - Gives essential information to the public on all
forms of energy - www.energy4me.org
3Three Educational Initiatives
The Energy4me Kit A packet of materials used for
teaching energy in the classroom, which includes
Petroleum engineering career brochure
Student activity sheets
Charts, quiz cards, and a poster
Speakers guide and CD with presentations
4Three Educational Initiatives
Oil and Natural Gas SPEs first educational
book for students It features topics such as
ancient oil, where oil comes from, unconventional
natural gas, advanced technology, oil and the
ocean, global oil, deepwater technology, and
plastics and polymers.
5Three Educational Initiatives
www.energy4me.org A single location for factual
information on all types of energy sources
Career interviews Top questions Industry
headlines Speaker resources
6How SPE members can get involved in energy
education
- Connect with your SPE Section
- Get involved with your sections educational
outreach or speaker program - Or, if a program has not already been established
in your section, help start one - Make presentations
- Look for opportunities to give energy-related
presentations to schools, classrooms, clubs, and
civic organizations - Get Involved in the community
- Volunteer to judge science fairs
- Help Boy and Girl Scouts earn Energy or
Engineering Merit Badges - Take part in Engineers Week activities that are
held annually in February - Tell friends, family, and the community about
SPEs energy education website, Energy4me.org