Green Bay School Offers District's First "Green Science" Class

From a story on WBAY-TV, Green Bay:

"Green collar" jobs are expected to boom in the coming years as more people look to save the environment. Green Bay's Southwest High School is teaching students about what going green is all about.

"Putting the solar panels up on the top of the roof. That surprised me," says senior Liz Meisel. Students in the district's first green science class are learning about energy and how to conserve it. They're looking into the energy around them, and how they can make it work better.

"How is it managed? How do we take energy resources and use it to provide the type of energy that we need in the space like this or a space like a home?" says Scott Liddicoat, Southwest teacher.

Liddicoat has been developing this class for several years and it's not only captured these students attention, but could also lead to some lucrative careers. "Wisconsin is a state that only has renewable energy sources to it within its borders, so we've got quite a group of students here who can become leaders in areas from everything from marketing that concept to becoming electricians and plumbers and installers and everything in between," says Liddicoat.