In the study of wind energy, scholars build a small windmill and observe how it transfers wind into mechanical energy. Learners will make connections to the previous lesson with concepts such as the creation of wind...

Historians believe the first vertical water wheel was invented in Rome during the Augustan Age. The sixth lesson in the series of 10 has scholars experiment with designing their own water wheels. Through testing various pastas and...

Students complete a KWL chart, then read a news article about the comeback of windmills. In this current events lesson plan, the teacher introduces the article with a KWL chart and vocabulary activity, then students read the news report...

Students produce manufactured good, monitor energy consumption, encounter international government regulations, make choices about emissions and energy, and share findings in order to understand how international commerce could affect...

Young scholars explore and discuss alternative energy sources, and identify disadvantages of current fossil fuels.