How to Launch MeterHero in 8 minutes:

Quick summary for teachers with limited time

 

1) See how MeterHero engages students and leads to real impact

Check out the 90 second launch video, exemplar student projects, and the final project templates.
*Note: All of these items are already linked within the slides that you’ll show in class.

 

2) Understand how MeterHero works in class

Each lesson is ready to go with minimal prep time and follows this rhythm:

  • A) Show Slides: All instructions and links to materials are included

  • B) Optional Graphic Organizers: Students edit template documents as they investigate their real data

  • C) Enter Results Into the Dashboard: Students log in, click their meter, and fill in their Project Plan

 

3) Understand Options for Students Without Access to Meters at Home

MeterHero is engaging because it empowers students to analyze their own real utility data. However, because it is real-life, some students who live in apartment buildings, on wells, or who are navigating housing instability might not have access to water meters at home. Click below to see the many different strategies, like school audits, that teachers have developed over the years to make sure these students can participate.

Options for students without access to meters at home

 

4) Choose When you Want to Implement MeterHero

Because MeterHero makes APES real for students in just six steps (that take little class time), it’s the ideal enhancement for start-of-the-year, units 5/6 or Post-Exam.

Note: *Ideally, students have three weeks to collect baseline data, experimental data and report out their findings. If you have less than three weeks after the exam, simply have students only collect a few days of data and complete Steps 1 and 2 during Units 5/6.

MeterHero is ready-to-go.

⬇︎ Click the links in the pacing guide below to see for yourself ⬇︎

 

5) Get MeterHero On Your Favorite LMS

Select your LMS below and get all instructions, slides, graphic organizers ready to share with your students:

 

6) Invite Students To Your Class

From your MeterHero Dashboard, select “Settings”, create your classes, send the link to students:

 

7) Share with Administrators Our Commitment to Student Privacy

We never collect student identifying information. We never collect household identifying information like meter numbers or addresses. We are funded by local utilities who want students and families to be as water and energy efficient as possible, know about career opportunities, and know about local assistance programs. Click below to read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

 

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