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Alliance to Save Energy: A Home Energy Audit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This activity allows students to become building inspectors, identifying features that can help or hurt energy conservation.
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US Department of Energy

U.s. Department of Energy: Energy Savers

For Students 9th - 10th
Find information on everything from buying energy-efficient products to using the proper landscaping for particular climates to conserve resources. Starting with an energy assessment, this website will help users reduce their consumption...
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First Energy: The Electric Avenue

For Students 3rd - 8th
A comprehensive look at energy ranging from types of energy to the exploration of electricity. Learning puzzles and games are included.
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Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Save Energy

For Students 3rd - 5th
Looks at four different ways people can save energy - through energy efficiency, recycling, planting trees, and protecting wildlife.
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Energy Saving Survey Take Action

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will explore ways that people can conserve energy. Beginning with a classroom survey, students research, consider changes that can be made, and evaluate which changes will be easier to do than others and explain why.
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Alliance to Save Energy: Educator Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A series of teacher lesson plans for various grade levels. Topics pertain to insulation (among other things) and other energy conservation and energy efficiency topics. Can be easily adapted for a student project or lab investigation.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Conservation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners are introduced to the idea that energy use impacts the environment and our wallets. They discuss different types of renewable and nonrenewable energy sources, as well as the impacts of energy consumption. Through a series of...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Cayman Islands: What Is Energy Conservation?

For Students 5th - 7th
Renewable and nonrenewable energy sources are described, different types of energy, and how energy can be conserved.
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California Energy Commission: Games: Watt's That?! Jr.

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from California Energy Commission provides six different games about energy in which you may play by yourself or against an opponent to answer trivia questions.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Cboces: Migrant Education Program: We Save Energy at Home

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A family shares the different ways that they conserve energy. Includes audio narration.
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The Tech Interactive

The Tech Museum of Innovation: Save the Hiker [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Can you build a device that will deliver life-saving treatment to someone in a hazardous situation? During this lesson, students will learn how energy is converted and transferred between objects. Working in groups and through the...
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Energy Conservation: Off, On, Off

For Students K - 1st
Learn about light switches and how to save electricity when they are turned off. Book includes audio narration in nine additional languages with text in English.
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Energy4Me

Energy4me: Energy Conservation Contract

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about saving energy and encourage their families to conserve in this outreach activity.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Energy Conservation: Let's Be Energy Friendly!

For Students 1st - 2nd
A family shows some of the ways they reduce their energy use. Book includes audio narration in nine additional languages with text in English.
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State Energy Conservation Office-Texas

State Energy Conservation Office: Grounded Coupled Heat Pumps [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how a heat pump system works, and how a ground-coupled system improves its efficiency and saves money.
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Abc Da Energia

For Students 2nd - 5th
ABC Da Energia describes the many ways that energy can be obtained and conserved. It explains different sources of energy, how each works, and how energy can be saved in our daily lives. Interactive energy-saving activities and games...
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California Energy Commission: Saving Time, Saving Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
The California Energy Commission explains the history of Daylight Saving Time and why we "spring forward, fall back." There is lots of trivia included about time, a chart giving the start and end dates through 2015, and links to much...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Be an Energy Saver

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity 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...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Spare a Watt, Save a Lot

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this science fair project, you will investigate the different uses of electricity in your home. By identifying appliances, and determining how much energy they use, as well as which are phantom loaders, you can determine if there are...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Green Your Pc: Help Your Computer Save Power

For Students 6th - 8th
Check out this science fair project to determine how much power your PC really uses, and if it is an energy hog, how you can reduce its appetite for energy. You will learn how to profile and streamline your computer's power usage, while...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Can the Color of Your House Reduce Your Energy Bill?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Did you know that the color of your house could save money? Do this experiment to see which colors regulate temperature best in different environments. Learn how painting the house can save money on the energy bill.
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U.s. Environmental Protection Agency: Energy Star

For Students 9th - 10th
Government-sponsored site provides information about saving money and conserving energy by using energy-efficient products and practices at home and at business and organizational sites. Some resources in Spanish.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Wasting Energy at Home

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
People use energy in all aspects of their lives - for cooking, lighting and entertainment. Much of this energy use takes place in buildings, such as our homes. To save money and reduce the impact on our environment, many people are...
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Energy Star: You Can Be an Energy Star [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 6th
The "Who's Guide to Saving Our Planet" helps students protect the environment through superior energy efficiency.

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