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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.
US Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy: Energy Walkabout
In this activity, learners work in pairs or small groups to apply knowledge of energy-wise habits to evaluate energy use in their school and make recommendations for improved efficiency. Students create and use an energy audit tool to...
USA Today
Usa Today: Across Usa, Anger Building Over Gas
Article from May, 2006, goes across the country to get responses to the rising gas prices. There are also poll results and a photo slideshow that accompanies this article.
US Energy Information Administration
U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Electricity Basics
Find out about the usage of electricity. and how it affects modern energy use.
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: Ms Ess3 4: Human Consumption of Natural Resources
Assessment templates, videos, examples, lesson plans, and photos of student work that directly address standard MS-ESS3-4: human consumption of natural resources.
Other
General Electric Company: Ecomagination
The resource allows learners to explore different ways to conserve energy and help the environment.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Co2: How Much Do You Spew?
Students analyze the energy consumption of a hypothetical household to determine the amount of carbon dioxide they are adding to the atmosphere each year.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Save a Buck Challenge
Our pipes leak, air drafts push through our windows and walls, light bulbs create more heat than light, and every appliance we have stays plugged in all day long. Of course its our parents who pay the bills, so it doesn't matter. This is...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: The Appetite for Energy
The purpose of this activity is to gain a sense of how much and what types of energy we use today in order to help us understand how much things have really changed over the last 500 years. It also helps us think about how our energy...
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Idle Effects
Middle schoolers will collect data on how much time they and their families spend idling their cars and the cost.
Energy for Sustainable Development
Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Efficiency
Explains why it is important not to waste energy, and provides tips for saving energy.
US Department of Energy
U.s. Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency: Kids Saving Energy: Roofus's Home
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.
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: What Can We All Do? [Pdf]
A list of things everyone can do to reduce energy consumption.
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Enviro Facts [Pdf]
A collection of facts about Canadians' use of energy and water, and their management of waste.
NASA
Climate Kids: Paper or Plastic?
Have you ever been in the grocery store and you were asked for paper or plastic? Discover the pros and cons of either choice, and then ultimately decide which might be the best.
Other
Cwn Design: Watt's the Answer
This resource is a game show that asks energy related questions. Most of the questions focus on energy conservation. Flash required.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: How Much Energy Do You Save by Doubling Insulation?
Students use the governing equation for steady state heat transfer across a surface to explore the effect of changing the insulation value on the amount of energy used.