By YES! Program Manager Shelli-Kae Foster Through generous grant support by the McKnight Foundation, YES! continues to work in collaboration with Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy to increase climate literacy in Minnesota. This collective effort has thus far resulted in YES! students, coaches and staff benefiting from Climate Generation’s knowledge and know-how at 2 YES! Fall Summits, 3
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WWG YES! Project Heating Up: Solar Pop Can Heaters
This is a guest blog post by the Westbrook-Walnut Grove (WWG) YES! team March 25: We have just finished our second model of the solar pop can heater. Our next step is to take it outside and test it. We are hoping to find a larger degrees difference with this bigger model. Stay tuned to see our results! March 14: The WWG Earth YES! team has finished and tested our first solar pop can heater. It
A First-Year YES! Team’s Reflections
By David Rice, Coach of Minnesota New Country School YES! Team This is the first year Minnesota New Country School (MNCS) has participated in the YES! program. MNCS has competed in the MTEEA Supermileage Vehicle competition for many years. We also have operated what we called the “Green Team” to tackle school recycling challenges. In general, we have been helping students develop projects that
Shining a Light on the ACGC YES! Team’s Partnership with CERTs
By YES! Coordinator Kory Klebe Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) has long been a wonderful partner of the YES! program. CERTs has helped to provide networking, education, and funding for several YES! projects. Tuesday, March 8th CERTs had an Energy Networking and Priority Setting event. At this event YES! Program Manager Shelli-Kae Foster and Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (ACGC) YES! team members
Farewell to YES! Coordinator Sarah Hayden Shaw
We have loved having Sarah Hayden Shaw share her knowledge and enthusiasm with the YES! program and teams this year, and we are sorry to bid her farewell. Here is what Sarah has to say: "Thank you all for a great year, I have enjoyed working with the YES teams, and am always inspired by the energy, determination, and creativity of the students in the YES! program. I am stepping down as a YES!
Hydroponics: Growing Ideas and Plants Without Soil
By Laurentian Staff Member Sam Horner Growing fruits and vegetables in northern Minnesota can be a tricky task to accomplish. Greenhouses help to begin and prolong the growing season, but there are still times when winter makes it too hard to grow any plants outside. The Northern Lights Community School YES! team wanted to see if there was a way to circumvent winter, and grow food all year long.