School Year 2010-2011
One of the ways your Snohomish County PUD supports educators in Snohomish County and on Camano Island is by awarding mini-grants of up to $500 for energy and water education projects, materials, or field trips. Energy Education Mini-Grants and Water Education Mini-Grants are awarded once a school year on a competitive basis.
Are you eligible to apply?
Energy Education Mini-Grants – All Snohomish County and Camano Island elementary and secondary educators (public, private, homeschool) whose school purchases ELECTRICITY from Snohomish County PUD are invited to apply for an Energy Education Mini-Grant.
Water Education Mini-Grants – All Snohomish County elementary and secondary educators (public, private, homeschool) whose school purchases WATER from Snohomish County PUD are invited to apply for a Water Education Mini-Grant.
Examples of eligible Energy Education Mini-Grant projects or events:
- Learn about solar energy by building solar cars, making solar ovens or being creative with solar paper or beads.
- Study energy transformations in roller coasters and/or build roller coaster models.
- Conduct experiments with purchased wind turbines.
- Take your students on a field trip to the Jackson Hydroelectric Project in the Sultan Basin.
- Use hand-crank flashlights to teach about electrical generation and energy transformation.
- Add books about energy to your school library.
- Come up with an energy-themed project for your school’s science night.
- Build electrical circuits or other battery-powered projects.
- Purchase LED lights to use in addition to incandescent lights when teaching about circuits.
- Create an energy conservation calendar or produce a play for your school or school district.
- Raise salmon in your classroom.
Examples of eligible Water Education Mini-Grant projects or events:
- Build a drought-resistant garden at your school.
- Add books about water to your school library.
- Sponsor a water conservation campaign at your school.
- Purchase water quality testing kits.
- Take your students on an Adopt-a-Stream field trip to learn about protecting watersheds.
- Produce a play about water conservation and perform for other students at your school.
- Build rainsticks to celebrate water and its various forms.
Snohomish County Public Utility District No. 1