Cross-Curricular Learning

 The senior level physics and pre-calculus classes at Central Community High School in Breese served as the EnergyNet pilot group.

 Community West High School in West Chicago placed the EnergyNet project in an interdisciplinary program for 111 freshmen.

 At Future Commons High School in Chicago, the curriculum in every discipline was set aside for two weeks while teachers and students worked on the energy audit. It gave teachers a chance to work in team building activities as well as basics for completing the project.

 During the first few months of the project at Highland High School, a resource team of teachers and students reviewed the EnergyNet curriculum to identify connections between existing curriculum and EnergyNet. The teacher integrated the project into the math, science and technology classes.

  • The honors pre-calculus class investigated energy use and costs for the high school and the football stadium.
  • The industrial orientation classes discussed blueprints, square footage and air handling systems.
  • The physics class studied electric billing, lighting and electricity use.
  • A group of 13 students evolved into the Technology Team.

 At Hononegah High School, students in the orientation to technology and tech prep math classes gathered and shared energy data.

 The EnergyNet team at Jefferson Junior High School had a "real world" element. They went by the name Jefferson Energy Consulting Company and served as energy consultants for their school. Because of the design of the project, it naturally included math, English, science and social studies. Students also applied the problem-based learning/telecommunications model to anatomy, physics and chemistry.

 LeRoy High School developed its first EnergyNet team using students from marketing, management, physics and architectural drawing classes.

 Two freshman level environmental science classes completed a detailed survey of the lighting and equipment at Pinckneyville High School. With the help of the drafting department, students also sketched out the location and number of each outlet and lighting fixture in the building.

 At Waterloo Middle School, teachers approached EnergyNet as a logical vehicle for science and language arts cooperation. Science teacher Debbie Clinebell and language arts teacher Angie Huels developed a newspaper unit with EnergyNet and energy related topics.