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Handout
Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Efficiency

For Students 3rd - 5th
Explains why it is important not to waste energy, and provides tips for saving energy.
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Activity
Museum of Science

Miami Museum of Science: The Mummy's Tomb: Building a Better Pyramid

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the effect of insulation as you add it to a pyramid. This simulation shows you how much energy is required to cool the pyramid as you add more layers.
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Handout
Victorian Web

Victorian Web: Conservation of Energy and Thermodynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is about the trace of the evolution of historical ideas concerning energy conservation and the laws of thermodynamics.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: James Prescott Joule

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a biographical sketch of James Prescott Joule discusses his contributions to the world of science, including the conservation of energy.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Be an Energy Saver

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Find out what you can do to be an energy saver and help slow global warming.
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Handout
Other

Warmair.com: Insulation

For Students 9th - 10th
The role of insulation in preventing heat loss is discussed. The concept of thermal resistance is introduced and explained. Understandable language but no graphics.
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Handout
Other

Web Dictionary of Cybernetics:thermodynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
A definition of thermodynamics and its laws from the Web Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems. Part of an online dictionary of scientific terms. Includes hypertext links to other definitions are provided.
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Website
Other

Energy Resources: Geothermal Power

For Students 9th - 10th
This site was put together by a science teacher and provides a very nice introduction to how geothermal powered energy resources may be used. Discusses advantages and disadvantages.
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Website
Environduck

Enviroduck: A Greener Home Save Resources Like Water and Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Go green at home by saving energy, water, food. Learn how to conserve.
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Website
Environduck

Enviroduck: Greener Home Saving Energy With Hvac and Hot Water

For Students 9th - 10th
Conserve energy at home with these hvac, heating and air conditioning, and hot water tips.
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Website
Environduck

Enviroduck: Greener Home Saving Energy With Your New Hdtv Television

For Students 9th - 10th
Conserve energy with Plasma, LCD, HDTV television sets at home. TV saving tips.
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Interactive
US Department of Energy

U.s. Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency: Kids Saving Energy: Roofus's Home

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take a tour of Roofus's home to see why it is so energy efficient. With numerous bits of advice about improvements that you can make to make better use of energy at home.
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Website
Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: Who Left the Lights On?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this kindergarten lesson, students will learn the importance of turning off lights when they are not being used.
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Website
New York University

New York University: Law of Conservation of Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Site presents a straightforward presentation of Rutherford's work concerning the Law of Energy Conservation. Provides an adequate summary of early science on the nucleus, and includes much needed illustrations.
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Lesson Plan
Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: Movers and Shakers [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Wind is created in areas where there are temperature shifts. For this lesson, Grade Two students will investigate areas of their schoolyard where there are 'wind tunnels' and 'wind shadows'. They will then use this information to...
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Handout
Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: What Can We All Do? [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of things everyone can do to reduce energy consumption.
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Handout
Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: Enviro Facts [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of facts about Canadians' use of energy and water, and their management of waste.
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EL Education

El Education: Do the Green Thing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
7th and 8th grade students at Capital City Public Charter School created this guide to energy efficiency as the capstone project to a seven-month expedition on Green Building. During this expedition students worked under the guidance of...
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EL Education

El Education: Greenprint

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Ninth grade students at Springfield Renaissance School wrote the Greenprint report as part of a learning expedition called Powering the 21st Century. The report summarizes student findings from energy audits at schools around the city...
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Handout
Other

Earth Day Canada: Eco Kids: Take Speed Showers

For Students 2nd - 6th
Learn here how to conserve water by taking a shorter shower! By being mindful of how long we keep the shower running, we can help save a lot of water and energy.
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Article
NASA

Climate Kids: 10 Interesting Things About Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover 10 very interesting things about energy, including conservation, fossil fuels, daylight savings time, hydropower, wind energy, solar power, greenhouse gases and BTUs (British Thermal Units).
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Article
NASA

Climate Kids: Be a Power Saver

For Students 2nd - 6th
Do you ever wonder where electricity comes from? Discover the process of how power plants create energy and it ends up at the touch of your fingertips.
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Interactive
Other

Cwn Design: Watt's the Answer

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is a game show that asks energy related questions. Most of the questions focus on energy conservation. Flash required.
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Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Energy Conservation on an Incline

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a discussion and animation about whether the total mechanical energy of a cart rolling down an incline is conserved, which can be determined if there are any external forces acting upon it.