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Title: The New American Coal Foundation


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The New American Coal Foundation
  • Coming to a School Near You

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What is the American Coal Foundation?
  • An educational non-profit foundation
  • 501(c )(3) dedicated to providing FREE
    fact-based information about coal to the Nations
    teachers.
  • Established 1981.
  • Board of Directors drawn from coal producers,
    manufacturers and suppliers, utilities, labor,
    railroads.

3
ACFs MissionEducating todays teachers and
students about coal
  • Mission Accomplished through
  • Distribution of FREE materials to teachers (1
    order).
  • Providing materials and funding to teacher
    workshops nationwide.
  • Working with other education-oriented groups for
    broad distribution.
  • Developing new materials, both print and
    web-based.
  • Encouraging companies and agencies to bulk
    purchase ACF materials for distribution in their
    communities.

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ACF Materials
  • FREE PRINT MATERIALS (grades K-12)
  • Booklets What Everyone Should Know About Coal,
    Reclamation, Electricity from Coal Coal Ancient
    Gift Serving Modern Man Lets Learn about Coal
    coloring book Coal, Careers and You
  • Activity Books with background information on
    coal Power from Coal Coal-Related Activities
    for Elementary Students Coal-Related Activities
    for Secondary Students/
  • Posters Coal Mining Reclamation Coal
    Technology All developed by the National Energy
    Foundation
  • Brochures Coal Science Fair Ideas Coal CD and
    Video Guide
  • Plus Free SAMPLES OF COAL Peat, Lignite,
    Bituminous, Anthracite

5
Items for Purchase
  • Coal Today Video and Booklet (produced by the
    National Mining Association) (15)
  • Coal Today CD-Rom (7.50)
  • Minerals In Your World CD (produced by Mineral
    Information Institute and USGS) (10.50)
  • ACFs distributor accepts checks, purchase
    orders, and credit cards

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Sponsoring Teacher Workshops
  • ACF receives requests for support from workshop
    providers
  • If approved, ACF provides either funding, free
    materials, or both.
  • So far this year supporting workshops in
    Colorado, Illinois, North Dakota,Virginia.

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www.teachcoal.org
  • ACFs Board approved mid-2003 redesign of ACF
    website.
  • Education-oriented web designer hired with focus
    on what will help teachers.
  • Contains coal background information
  • 14 standards-based lesson plans
  • Clickable U.S. Map with Your States Role in
    Coal
  • Launched August 2003

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Website visitors
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Promoting ACF to achieve critical mass
  • ACF Board approved funding for a promotion
    campaign in fall 03
  • Ads about ACF placed in Dec.-Jan.04 issues of 4
    teacher magazines with collective circulation of
    400,000.
  • Brochure about ACFs FREE materials mailed in
    mid-Feb to 22,000 educators
  • Ad and article placed in April 04 Learning
    Magazine
  • Flyers about ACF website mailed to 320 coal
    industry stakeholders, 160 DC-region teachers,
    200 Illinois Student Teachers, 18 State Mining
    Associations
  • Resulting in

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Materials distribution 1998-4/04
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Future Plans
  • Update and supplement the website with
  • New lesson plans
  • Student Portal
  • Parent Portal
  • Develop new materials, both print and web about
  • Clean Coal Technology
  • Transportation rail, barge, truck
  • Coal and Electricity power generation graphics
  • Reclamation Success Stories
  • Pollution Reduction Statistics
  • Other areas

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How WCC members can Help ACF Help Teachers
  • Support ACF financially
  • Support ACF with in-kind donations
  • Purchase ACF materials for distribution at
  • Company open house
  • Local School teachers/ School District
  • Local Science Fairs
  • Promote ACF in Company publications and on
    website.
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