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National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Learning About Renewable Energy

For Students 6th - 8th
Extensive information about the different forms of renewable energy, energy efficiencies that can be achieved, energy research, and the many applications for renewable energy production.
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State Energy Conservation Office-Texas

State Energy Conservation Office: The Rewards of Renewable Energy [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 6th
The advantages of using renewable energy sources, such as the sun and the wind, are explained.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Renewable Energy Living Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students become familiar with the online Renewable Energy Living Lab interface and access its real-world solar energy data to evaluate the potential for solar generation in various U.S. locations. They become familiar with where the most...
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State Energy Conservation Office-Texas

State Energy Conservation Office: Renewable Energy Guide for Buildings [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A basic guide for ways to be more energy-efficient and to use more renewable energy sources in a building. These include methods of reducing heat or cool air loss, ways of harnessing solar energy, and using the wind for ventilation.
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The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: 4 Ess3 1: Renewable and Non Renewable Energy

For Teachers 4th
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard 4-ESS3-1: renewable and non-renewable energy.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Renewable Energy Living Lab: Energy Experts

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use real-world data to evaluate various renewable energy sources and the feasibility of implementing these sources. Working in small groups, students use data from the Renewable Energy Living Lab to describe and understand the...
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Renewable Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about efforts to promote the use of renewable energy sources by homeowners and businesses. This was a project where homeowners could submit data about what they were doing to use renewable energy sources. The site is no longer...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Renewable Energy Resources

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What renewable energy resources are and examples of renewable energy resources.
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The Guardian

Guardian: Google to Be Powered 100% by Renewable Energy From 2017

For Students 9th - 10th
Internet giant says renewable energy is increasingly lowest cost option and it will not rule out investing in nuclear power.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Renewable Energy Resources

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What renewable energy resources are and examples of renewable energy resources.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Non Renewable Energy

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn what non-renewable energy is and the different types.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Renewable vs Non Renewable Energy Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compare and contrasts renewable and non-renewable resources.
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US Department of Energy

U.s. Department of Energy: Energy Basics: Renewable Energy: Solar Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about renewable energy resources using solar energy technologies. Learn about the use of photovoltaic cells and the capture of the sun's energy.
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US Department of Energy

U.s. Department of Energy: Energy Basics: Renewable Energy: Geothermal

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about renewable energy resources using geothermal technologies as the source. Learn how scientists have discovered how to utilize sustainable heat from the Earth using several methods.
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Irena: How to Transform Energy System and Reduce Carbon Emissions

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about renewable energy and how the world's energy system must continue to transform in order to combat climate change. Presents statistics about what different countries are doing to use more and more renewable energy...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Tireless Tides: Extracting Energy From Ocean Tides

For Students 6th - 8th
Renewable energy is the energy that is extracted from natural sources, such the Sun (solar), earth (geothermal), wind, and water (hydropower). These sources are renewable because they can be replenished by the same natural sources within...
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Non Renewable Energy Resources

For Teachers 4th - 6th
This lesson is a simulation that has students looking at consumer, municipal, and corporate perspectives towards nonrenewable energy resources. Includes student handouts.
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US Energy Information Administration

U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Hydropower: Energy From Moving Water

For Students 3rd - 8th
Of the renewable energy sources that generate electricity, hydropower is the most often used. Learn other interesting facts about hydropower as the pictorial illustrations bring the information to life.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Renewable Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students are introduced to the types of renewable energy resources. They are involved in activities to help them understand the transformation of energy (solar, water and wind) into electricity. Students explore the...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How Innovation in Renewable Energy Protects the Environment: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Picture your nearest river or lake. How do people use it? Are you happy with the way it is treated and its relationship to your community? In this PBS NewsHour lesson, students will explore inventions that harness the power of water to...
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Evaluating Other Energy Sources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A comprehensive lesson where students examine the different costs and benefits associated with renewable and nonrenewable sources of electricity. Includes a 22-question interactive module where they look at real-world data and images...
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Other

Irena: Global Energy Transformation: A Roadmap to 2050 (2019 Edition) [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A report outlining why increased use of renewable energy, combined with intensified electrification, could prove decisive for the world to meet key climate goals by 2050.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Efficient Housing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
We all know that it takes energy to provide us with the basics of shelter: heating, cooling, lighting, electricity, sanitation and cooking. To create energy-efficient housing that is practical for people to use every day requires...
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State Energy Conservation Office-Texas

State Energy Conservation Office: Electricity From the Sun [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 6th
Discusses forms of renewable energy that rely on the sun. For example, wind is created when solar energy heats the air, and biomass is solar energy that has been stored in plants.