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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Should I Unplug?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will have a heightened awareness of the amount of energy they waste after they complete this activity. They will learn about plug loads, and use a wattage meter to measure the plug loads of various devices, as well as calculate...
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US Department of Energy

U.s. Department of Energy: Energy Savers: Small Wind Electric Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive animation teaching how a wind turbine works to produce electricity.
Unit Plan
Technology Student

Technology Student: Technology and the Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on alternate energy sources and how they can help us save our environment.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Greenhouse Light and Temperature

For Students 6th - 8th
An interactive tool where students can create a model of a greenhouse and use a light sensor to measure the amount of light it receives from a lamp at various times of the day. Temperature is also measured. Data is plotted on graphs,...
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Other

Canada Foundation for Innovation: Lofty Gardens

For Students 9th - 10th
Dr. Jeremy Lundholm is a Halifax researcher who explores how plant-covered roof can save energy and make cities more livable. He promotes investing in green infrastructure as a way of cooling cities.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Heat and Light From Electricity

For Students 6th - 8th
Understand the energy transformations that happens when you light a bulb with a battery. Activity requires students to build a simple circuit and take temperature and time measurements. Lab includes procedure with questions that can be...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Save a Buck Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Choosing Between Home Appliances: Benefits to the Planet and Your Wallet

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students compare various options for purchasing new home appliances by comparing the energy usage of more efficient models to less energy efficient models. They calculate the payback period in cases for which the purchase price for the...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Solar Oven

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use the sun's energy to cook an egg? Design, build and test a solar oven. Activity gives a procedure to build oven as well as questions to answer. Questions can be saved and graded by instructor.
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Environduck

Enviroduck: Greener Home Saving Energy With Hvac and Hot Water

For Students 9th - 10th
Conserve energy at home with these hvac, heating and air conditioning, and hot water tips.
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Environduck

Enviroduck: Greener Home Saving Energy With Cfl Lighting and Bulbs

For Students 9th - 10th
Conserve energy at home with Compact Fluorescent Lamps or CFL light bulbs.
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Other

The Atom's Family: Cooling the Mummy's Tomb

For Students 3rd - 8th
Help the Pharaoh design a better tomb by investigating insulation materials.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Wind Generator

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using a voltage sensor, students will measure how much "electricity" is produced by the wind turbine that they design and build. Students will experiment with blade designs to see which one collects energy from the wind the most...
Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Melting Ice

For Students 6th - 8th
Using temperature probes, students will monitor the temperature of melting ice cubes in different situations. This lab activity, allows students to view the procedure and answer questions online that can be saved and evaluated by the...
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PBS

Nova Teacher: Saved by the Sun: Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
During the lesson, students will also design, build and test a solar cooker that pasteurizes water.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Light Up Your Life

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students are introduced to the correct technical vocabulary for lighting, which is different than layperson's terms. They learn about lamp (light bulb) technology and how to identify the various types of lighting in their spaces. They...
Handout
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Insulation Fact Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
Several well-written pages using easy-to-understand language. Explains about every detail concerning insulation and its installation or replacement. Discusses R values, heat loss, insulation types, etc.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Radiant Barrier Fact Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
Several well-written pages using easy-to-understand language. Explains the concept of reflective insulation and radiant behaviors. Discusses benefits of radiant barrier installation.
Interactive
Other

Uso Eficiente De Energia Electrica

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the efficient use of electric energy in Spanish. See the products and services responsible for saving energy.
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EL Education

El Education: Do the Green Thing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
7th and 8th grade students at Capital City Public Charter School created this guide to energy efficiency as the capstone project to a seven-month expedition on Green Building. During this expedition students worked under the guidance of...
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Other

Warmair.com: Insulation

For Students 9th - 10th
The role of insulation in preventing heat loss is discussed. The concept of thermal resistance is introduced and explained. Understandable language but no graphics.
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Other

The Green Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
The Green Guide offers environmental advice with regard to home and garden, travel and transportation, and food. For example, find ways that you can make over your living room, or add home insulation, or buy a television the green way.
Graphic
US Navy

Usno: Daylight Time

For Students 9th - 10th
From the U.S. Naval Observatory, a brief history of daylight savings time including information of the passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 which changed the date from the first Sunday in April to the second Sunday in March starting...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Making and Breaking Bonds

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the processes of association and dissociation in chemical bonding. Observe simulations that show the influence of temperature on making and breaking of bonds, how diatomic molecules form, and what determines the speed of...

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