Teacher Resources

Learning beyond the classroom

This free educational initiative empowers your 4th through 8th-grade students to become energy experts and environmental advocates. By participating, you turn your classroom into a creative studio where students work individually or in teams of up to four to research energy conservation, script a message, and produce an original Public Service Announcement (PSA) video.

What You and Your Classroom Get
We know how hard teachers work, so we make sure you are supported and rewarded every step of the way. When you participate, you receive ready-to-use lesson frameworks, brainstorming worksheets, and video production guides that make integrating energy literacy effortless. In addition, we provide, transparent, strict evaluation rubrics to help guide student projects from storyboard to final edit.

Public Service Announcement Challenge
The I Am EM-Powered PSA contest, is a fun interactive piece where students can work individually or in groups of up to four people to choose their topic and create, write direct and edit videos to illustrate their energy conservation messages. Teachers are invited to submit the top three videos from each of their classes for official judging. The student creators of the top 30 videos, their teachers, school administrators and family members are invited to attend an awards ceremony. Here, the top 10 winning videos will be announced along with other prizes and accolades presented.

How It Works

  • Use our free resources to spark classroom discussions around energy conservation, electric safety, and environmental responsibility.
  • Guide students as they collaborate in groups of up to four to write, direct, and edit their short PSA videos.
  • Review your classroom entries and choose the top THREE videos from each of your classes to submit to our official judging panel.
  • Upload the files and student information before the deadline.
  • Learn more about the Student Video Challenge here

 
Program Enrollment

PSEG Long Island’s I Am EM-Powered program is managed by educational consultant, D. Barrett Associates (DBA). Once you join the program, your main point of contact will be representatives from our DBA partners. Have additional questions, please feel free to email SUPPORT@DBARRETTASSOCIATES.COM.

Join the program to be part of this exciting FREE opportunity for your students. 

REGISTER HERE