Curriculum Summary: STEM Workforce Training for Young Adults (ages 13-24) 

Class 1: Intro, questionnaire, and a lecture on climate change basics, covering greenhouse gases and human impact on warming.

Class 2: Recap plus a video and "Top 10" presentation on clean energy solutions, followed by group project work on decarbonization technologies and barriers.

Class 3: Overview of renewable vs. non-renewable energy sources, with hands-on multimeter and ammeter training on Ohm's law.

Class 4: Introduction to energy storage, comparing traditional and renewable storage methods and their role in cutting emissions.

Class 5: Intro to batteries and start of hands-on biological battery build.

Class 6: Climate Tech Crossing event, where students meet and interview local clean energy startups.

Class 7: Students prepare and present findings from the Climate Tech Crossing interviews while continuing battery construction.

Class 8: Intro to electrochemistry and bio-redox reactions, with microscopy work.

Class 9: Electrochemistry and electricity basics, plus soldering instruction videos.

Class 10: Review session and hands-on soldering practice.

Class 11: Circuits lesson covering voltage measurement and troubleshooting while continuing battery builds.

Class 12: Testing biological batteries with actual solution and troubleshooting.

Class 13: Measuring battery voltage and current output over time.

Class 14: Collaborative work assembling larger battery packs.

Class 15: Finished mixed battery orientation (3 series/3 parallel), worked on presentations, and reviewed material (Kahoot as time allowed).

Class 16: Final student presentations on learnings, career goals discussion, photos, and certificate ceremony.