ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM (EEP)
EEP is an educational initiative that has been conducted by MGA since 2014. The program, implemented in collaboration with Petrosains and MOE, involves lower secondary school children and includes a mixture of taught, demonstration and interactive hands-on approach to keep students engaged throughout the session. The objectives of EEP are to raise the awareness among students on the energy resources and electricity energy system in Malaysia, to educate students on the importance of conservation and using energy efficiently and also to advocate school children about natural gas and its role in Malaysia. It is hope that EEP will ignite students’ interest to pursue study in STEM (Science, Technology, Education and Mathematics).
EEP OBJECTIVES
- To raise the awareness amongst students on the energy resources and electricity energy system in Malaysia as well as the importance of conservation and using energy efficiently.
- To enhance public understanding on the role and uses of gas as a clean, safe and efficient energy
- To introduce STEM based program and activity to support National Strategic action plan (STEM Nasional 2018 – 2025)
- To emphasize on Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) to stimulate creativity and innovation in decision making, problem solving and ability to create new things
EEP 2019 AND PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
EEP 2019 shall focus on Micro-bit coding/computing involving 6 schools in Selangor, Pahang and Putrajaya. About 36 Students (Form 2) plus accompanying teachers from each school will be ferried to Petrosains for a 2-day workshop . The first day will involve some basic introductory lessons on energy and micro:bit computing, while the 2nd day will focus on project development and prototyping using micro:bit.
ABOUT MIRCO:BIT
Mirco:bit is circuit board measuring just 50x40mm with two buttons and an array of 25 red LEDs in a 5×5 arrangement. The board can be programmable via a web-based interface to do many things, including flashing up numbers, letters and scrolling messages on the LEDs. Plus, since there’s a built-in accelerometer and compass, it can detect movement and tell which way it’s pointing.
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BECOMING A MENTOR
We are looking for aspiring mentors who are keen to be part of EEP2019. The Mentor will be required to join the EEP2019 workshop on the date/time mentioned below. Please click here to join EEP 2019 as the mentor.
ROLE OF MENTORS
- Engage and assist the students with idea development to help them develop projects using micro:bit coding/programming.
- Not required to be well versed in Micro:bit, suffice that they have the interest and passion to coach student/younger generation.
- Not expected to be on site for the entire duration – suffice to spend about an hour or two with the students.