Curated OER
What Goes in Must Come Out
Students monitor their calorie intake and energy expenditure. They keep track of daily data in a journal and assess and adjust their diets as appropriate.
Other
The Grain Chain: Stepping Out: Pedometer Experiment [Pdf]
Use your skills of estimation, observation, and data collection to calculate the amount of energy used during your normal walking throughout the day. Use of a pedometer is suggested, but walking steps could be counted by students while...
Other
The Grain Chain: My Energy Diary [Pdf]
Use the table to keep track of the food you eat during the day. Then check to see if the energy from the food you ate is equal to the energy you used throughout the day.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Introduction to Efficiency
A narrated tutorial which introduces the concept of efficiency as it relates to energy input and output. [1:36]
Other
Tennessee Valley Association/ Hydroelectricity
Facts and information about hydroelectric power in the Tennessee Valley. Diagrams and schematics of a hydroelectric power plant provided.