BAKERSFIELD, CA - In Room 110 at Lakeside School Thursday morning, students were teaching students.
"It was actually really fun teaching these kids because we can be opening their eyes to new careers and we can show them they don't need to be afraid of math or science," said Independence High junior, Stone Gonzalez.
Sixty students from Independence High School gave lessons on wind, solar energy, and oil. Their message was part of a bigger plan.
"I took six students to Washington, D.C. They spent a week there and received the state award for energy education. They learned at that time that there was a national award," said academy coordinator, Kim Woolf.
One of the requirements to apply for the national award for energy education is a community service project. The high schoolers decided to teach energy as part of their community service.
"They had to put together their lesson plan. They had to align everything to the common core standards," said Woolf.
Common core standards focus on interactive learning and will be fully implemented next school year.
"We just wanted them to know pretty much all about oil and how we get it," said Gonzalez.
The students had three liquids to sip using straws, milk, juice and syrup. Each represents a different level of viscosity or the consistency of the liquid.
"A demonstration of how oil is extracted with each viscosity and the purpose was to determine whether it's easy to extract with a shorter straw or a longer straw," said Genesis Felix, junior at Independence High.
Educators chose Lakeside because it's a feeder school to Independence High.
In May, the students will complete the community service project by hosting a one-day workshop for Lakeside teachers that focuses on national energy education development.
"It was actually really fun teaching these kids because we can be opening their eyes to new careers and we can show them they don't need to be afraid of math or science," said Independence High junior, Stone Gonzalez.
Sixty students from Independence High School gave lessons on wind, solar energy, and oil. Their message was part of a bigger plan.
"I took six students to Washington, D.C. They spent a week there and received the state award for energy education. They learned at that time that there was a national award," said academy coordinator, Kim Woolf.
One of the requirements to apply for the national award for energy education is a community service project. The high schoolers decided to teach energy as part of their community service.
"They had to put together their lesson plan. They had to align everything to the common core standards," said Woolf.
Common core standards focus on interactive learning and will be fully implemented next school year.
"We just wanted them to know pretty much all about oil and how we get it," said Gonzalez.
The students had three liquids to sip using straws, milk, juice and syrup. Each represents a different level of viscosity or the consistency of the liquid.
"A demonstration of how oil is extracted with each viscosity and the purpose was to determine whether it's easy to extract with a shorter straw or a longer straw," said Genesis Felix, junior at Independence High.
Educators chose Lakeside because it's a feeder school to Independence High.
In May, the students will complete the community service project by hosting a one-day workshop for Lakeside teachers that focuses on national energy education development.