2026 Williams Energy Education Workshop for Teachers – American Fork, UT

About this event

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Experience the impact of NEED’s hands-on energy education workshops! Each year, educators across the country join NEED to explore engaging, standards-aligned activities, discover free curriculum resources, and leave ready to bring energy concepts to life for their students. Don’t miss the opportunity to be part of this exciting learning experience. Register for a workshop today!

Don’t just take our word for it! See what workshop attendees had to say about their recent PD experience:

“I had a wonderful time as well as I learned so much knew knowledge. All activities were applicable to my teaching and can’t wait to share with my fellow teachers.”

“Great workshop and terrific investment of my time. I learned so much I didn’t know about energy in real world applications, this will be so very useful in my classroom. Thank you so much!”

“This was highly engaging workshop! One of the best I have ever attended in 31 years of teaching!”

Date and Location

November 18, 2026

Holiday Inn & Suites North Fork

712 South Utah Valley Drive

American Fork, UT 84003

For The Attendees:

• Hands-on kits and curriculum materials

• A great day of hands-on learning and professional networking

• Breakfast and lunch

• Substitute Reimbursement

• Alignment to State Science Standards

Questions

Contact Wendi Moss at wmoss@need.org or call 1-800-875-5029

Agenda

8:00 a.m. Welcome, Registration and Breakfast

8:30 a.m. The Science of Energy

Learn more about the forms of energy and energy transformations while exploring the stations of the Science of Energy kit. Williams’ sponsorship provides teachers with a Science of Energy kit.

10:00 a.m. Candy Collector, Forms to Sources, and Electric Connections

Learn about the nation’s energy resources as they are used to generate electricity and their consumption for total energy and specifically for electricity generation in US and your state.

11:00 a.m. Energy Career Guess Who

This is a good activity to introduce careers in the energy industry.

11:30 a.m. Lunch and Speaker

12:30 p.m. Hands on Learning

• Natural Gas Story

• Pipeline Push

• Wind Can Do Work

• PV Ping Pong

2:00 p.m. Climate Web

This activity helps to visualize climate as a system with many items feeding into it and relying on its function.

2:45 p.m. Wrap Up and Paperwork

3:00 p.m. Adjourn

From Wendi Moss