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Get Wise
Interactive site allows users to click on various places in a home and see how energy can be conserved there.
Read Works
Read Works: Houston Affects the Earth
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a mayor who worked to reduce pollution in Houston, Texas in 2008. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Carbon Cycles
Middle schoolers are introduced to the concept of energy cycles by learning about the carbon cycle. They will learn how carbon atoms travel through the geological (ancient) carbon cycle and the biological/physical carbon cycle. Students...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Energy Relationships for Satellites
The orbits of satellites are described and an energy analysis is performed. Kinetic, potential and total mechanical energy are explained and applied to the motion of satellites.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Grade 3 5 Module: Designed for Efficiency [Pdf]
In this 3-5 teaching module, students conduct experiments, explore with online interactives, and watch videos that help them understand how vehicles work. Then, students demonstrate their understanding by designing energy efficient...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Know Your Energy Costs
The goal of this activity is to become aware of how much energy students use at school- and the financial and environmental costs.
Other
Conservation Corps Newfoundland and Labrador: Climate Change Club
Join the fun at the Climate Change Club where you can find out ways to take action at home, in school, and in your community. Keep up with the latest news in climate science, and link to fact sheets and other fun sites that care about...
Other
Energy Star: Choose a Light Guide
This government-sponsored resource helps individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency. The interactive resource consists of an activity about choosing a light bulb.
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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection: Just for Kids: Energy
Where does energy come from? What are non-renewable energy sources? How can we conserve energy? Learn the answers to these questions and more.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Maximum Height of Projectile From Energy
Students must predict the maximum height reached by a projectile based on energy conservation.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Energy on Incline Level 1
Students must predict the distance a cart will move up an incline based on energy conservation.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Energy on a Vertical Toss
Students must predict the maximum height reached by an object based on energy conservation.
US Energy Information Administration
U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Saving Energy
A look at what you can do to save energy that answers "What can I do to save energy?" and "How can recycling save energy?" Also provides a collection of useful links to more information on energy efficiency, waste, and recycling.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Energy Conservation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of how energy is used, and how it can be conserved.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Physical Science: Energy Resources
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses nonrenewable and renewable energy resources. Outlines world energy use and ways to conserve energy.
Other
Grace Communications Foundation: Energy Program
Promoting responsible energy choices and environmentally conscious government policies, NNEC provides information on energy and agriculture, the nexus of energy and water, complexities of power plants, natural gas fracking, energy...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Be an Energy Saver
This lesson focuses on the scarce and non-renewable nature of fossil fuels in order to stimulate student thinking about energy conservation. It emphasizes the fact that saving energy can be good for the wallet as well as the earth's...
Other
First Energy: The Electric Avenue: Energy Fun Factory
Here, students can learn all about energy sources and electricity. Activities include games and calculating energy costs in their homes.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Conserve It to Preserve It
In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), conservation and describing ways to sustain energy will be explored. Young scholars will also create a web diagram of ways to conserve energy. This lesson is one...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Conserve It to Preserve It
In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), conservation and describing ways to sustain natural resources will be explored. This lesson is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This lesson is...
Energy4Me
Energy4me: Carbon Footprint
After completing the first part of this activity, students will be able to explain individual carbon footprints and list the means for reducing them. The second part of this activity helps students to visualize climate as a system with...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Natural Resource Conservation Study Guide
A study guide covering natural resource conservation.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Energy Conservation Study Guide
Use this study guide to review energy conservation.
NASA
Nasa: From Stargazers to Starships: Energy
Demonstrates how principles of kinetic energy, potential energy and energy conservation can be used to determine the speed of a descending object if given its initial height. Further discussion of other topics such as heat and...