Ubiquitous Learning of Renewable Energy and Environmentalism to Various Israeli Populations

How should children be taught about renewable energy, what is air pollution? This paper reports on a specific case, perception and actual implementation in Hebrew - and Arab - speaking schools in Israel. In the last 4 years students from the HIT, Holon Institute of Technology participated in a course "green ambassadors" which combines practical work. As part of the course requirements, students were asked to conduct enjoyable lessons within the topic of preserving the environment to the pupils in the elementary school. During meetings held within the school, the students taught the pupils via games and activities what renewable energy means, how to turn waste into a resource, what energy conversion and renewable energy mean, etc. In order to illustrate the topics studied by the pupils, the students used a moveable laboratory containing demonstrations, experiments, and creative activities. The results show higher rates of success and involvement due to an enriching and challenging experience of learning. Thanks to all these, the pupils turned more aware and learned an important lesson about the ways to preserve the environment.