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Students Explore Electricity at East Middle School NYPA Workshop
Students Explore Electricity at East Middle School NYPA Workshop

At East Middle School, students recently explored energy sustainability, renewable resources and environmental justice in hands-on WhyMaker workshops from the New York Power Authority (NYPA). Through the sessions, they built a simple circuit using materials supplied by NYPA that made a red light light up, helping them understand how electricity flows. 

WhyMaker is a STEM curriculum partner that NYPA works with to bring real-world energy topics into the classroom. Students learn fundamentals like how electricity is generated, how circuits work and how renewable energy sources contribute to the grid. 

These workshops are part of NYPA’s environmental justice outreach, designed to promote energy literacy and build interest in clean-energy careers. 

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