{"id":1472,"date":"2026-03-26T15:43:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-uwsp-multi.pantheonsite.io\/wisconsin-center-for-environmental-education\/?page_id=1472"},"modified":"2026-05-27T21:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:41:20","slug":"partners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-center-for-environmental-education\/keep\/partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Partner Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-cards light-gray-solid blockspacetop blockspacebottom\"><div class=\"site-width\"><section class=\"hcard-container\" aria-label=\"Horizontal Card\"><div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-card-container\" aria-live=\"off\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-block\" id=\"hcard17782686453627805\"><div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-individual split3366 hcard-imgright\"><div class=\"hcard-infocell\"><h3 class=\"hcard-title\">Wisconsin KidWind Challenge<\/h3><div class=\"hcard-content\"><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">KEEP partners with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/energy.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">the Wisconsin Energy Institute<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (WEI) at UW\u2013Madison to support Wisconsin KidWind by co-hosting KidWind Educator Workshops and supporting the Wisconsin KidWind Challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">KidWind is a hands-on design challenge in which student teams design and build small-scale wind turbines and solar structures at home or school and bring them to events all over the country to measure power output and present in front of expert judges. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin KidWind Challenge is&nbsp;<span data-contrast=\"none\">is open to 4-12th grade students and is <\/span>held in late February or early March each year. The Challenge is a day-long event that draws student teams from all across Wisconsin and northern Illinois. KEEP supports the Challenge through sponsorship of the event, assisting with judging of the events, and integration of the Energy Career Pathway into the event.<\/p><\/div><div>\n<a class=\"uwspbtn uwsp-btn-solid-purple\" href=\"https:\/\/energy.wisc.edu\/education\/kidwind-challenge\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about Wisconsin KidWind <i class=\"fa-solid fa-circle-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"hcard-mediacell\"><div class=\"hcard-images hcard-oneimg\"><div class=\"hcard-image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-center-for-environmental-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/12\/keep-kidwind-trophy.jpg)\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"hslider-buttoncontainer\"><button class=\"hsliderBack horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"previous slide\">\u276e<\/button><div class=\"single-card-nav\"><\/div><button class=\"hsliderForward horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"next slide\">\u276f<\/button><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-cards light-gray-solid blockspacetop blockspacebottom\"><div class=\"site-width\"><section class=\"hcard-container\" aria-label=\"Horizontal Card\"><div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-card-container\" aria-live=\"off\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-block\" id=\"hcard17782688038531533\"><div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-individual split3366 hcard-imgright\"><div class=\"hcard-infocell\"><h3 class=\"hcard-title\">WPS Solar Olympics<\/h3><div class=\"hcard-content\"><p>Solar Olympics is an annual, one-day renewable energy competition for participating SolarWise\u00ae schools and held at one of the University of Wisconsin campuses in Northeast Wisconsin. Throughout the fun-filled day, students participate in a variety of challenges, such as Solar T-Shirt Design and the ever-popular Solar Car Competition. Solar Olympics gives students the opportunity to learn about solar energy by direct, hands-on experience, while also gaining experience in project management and teamwork.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><div>\n<a class=\"uwspbtn uwsp-btn-solid-purple\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinpublicservice.com\/environment\/solarwise\/olympics\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about Solar Olympics <i class=\"fa-solid fa-circle-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"uwspbtn uwsp-btn-link-purple\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinpublicservice.com\/environment\/solarwise\/schools\" target=\"_self\">Learn about participating SolarWise\u00ae schools <i class=\"fa-solid fa-circle-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"hcard-mediacell\"><div class=\"hcard-images hcard-oneimg\"><div class=\"hcard-image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-center-for-environmental-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2026\/05\/keep-wps-solar-olympics.jpg)\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"hslider-buttoncontainer\"><button class=\"hsliderBack horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"previous slide\">\u276e<\/button><div class=\"single-card-nav\"><\/div><button class=\"hsliderForward horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"next slide\">\u276f<\/button><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-cards light-gray-solid blockspacetop blockspacebottom\"><div class=\"site-width\"><section class=\"hcard-container\" aria-label=\"Horizontal Card\"><div class=\"uwsp-horizontal-card-container\" aria-live=\"off\">\n<div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-block\" id=\"hcard17782688038531533\"><div class=\"uwsp-horiz-card-individual split3366 hcard-imgright\"><div class=\"hcard-infocell\"><h3 class=\"hcard-title\">MeterHero<\/h3><div class=\"hcard-content\"><p>MeterHero makes AP Environmental Science relevant by empowering students to investigate with their own real utility data. MeterHero is specifically designed as a turn-key semester kick-off, units 5\/6 enhancement, or ideal post-exam project.<br><br>KEEP supports Wisconsin K-12 educators who wish to access MeterHero for their classrooms by covering the cost of training and implementation ($320 value). Wisconsin high schools offering AP Environmental Science or PLTW courses have found MeterHero fits in well with the curriculum they already offer.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>Through MeterHero students are engaged in energy education at school and at home, regardless of housing situation (home, apartment, school, shelter, business), leveraging their families\u2019 interest to make STEM relevant for the students and be examples of wise utility consumption for their communities.<\/p><\/div><div>\n<a class=\"uwspbtn uwsp-btn-solid-purple\" href=\"https:\/\/teachers.meterhero.com\/wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about MeterHero <i class=\"fa-solid fa-circle-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"hcard-mediacell\"><div class=\"hcard-images hcard-oneimg\"><div class=\"hcard-image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-center-for-environmental-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/12\/keep-meterhero-light.jpg)\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"hslider-buttoncontainer\"><button class=\"hsliderBack horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"previous slide\">\u276e<\/button><div class=\"single-card-nav\"><\/div><button class=\"hsliderForward horizontal-sliderbutton\" aria-label=\"next slide\">\u276f<\/button><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwsp-callout-slim bg-purple blockspacetop blockspacebottom\" id=\"\"><div class=\"site-width\"><div class=\"cs-structure\"><div class=\"cs-icon\"><\/div><div class=\"cs-text\">KEEP &#8211; Wisconsin&#8217;s K-12 Energy Education Program \u2022 1108 Fremont St. SSC 201, Stevens Point, WI 54481 \u2022 715-346-4770 \u2022 keep@uwsp.edu<\/div><div class=\"cs-linkbutton\"><a class=\"cs-button\" href=\"https:\/\/visitor.r20.constantcontact.com\/manage\/optin?v=001rj1fkR1ia0lrr4gqQQWIqwZKP00du0N3kscOo_LRAzN-hL-ZSHaq-E94C-8mwV48-uGkqf5_AvT02bmJNfqMHtBlm94n0BYpdUpB1TmBTi3SpN1rO99O20A_Zyyhb3l4GyoXRk20zpLiTQgT2tNEAQ%3D%3D\">Join Our Mailing List<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"parent":1488,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1472","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-center-for-environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-center-for-environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-center-for-environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-center-for-environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-center-for-environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1472"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-center-for-environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3920,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-center-for-environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1472\/revisions\/3920"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-center-for-environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uwsp.edu\/wisconsin-center-for-environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}