Activity
National Geographic

National Geographic: Natural Gas: A Cleaner Energy Solution?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this activity, students read informational text on natural gas and compare it to other fossil fuels for its greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impact. They then prepare a pro or con position on whether natural gas is good...
Handout
Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Natural Gas

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how natural gas forms, how scientists find it beneath the Earth's surface, and how it is produced, stored, and transported.
Website
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

The National Academies: Our Energy Sources: Natural Gas

For Students 9th - 10th
Energy production from natural gas is less destructive to the environment than energy produced from coal, but it is still produced from fossil fuels. While advances have been made in reducing its detrimental effects, our resources are...
Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Nonrenewable Energy: Natural Gas

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get the basics on nonrenewable energy. Learn about its uses and conservation.
eBook
Energy4Me

Energy4me: Oil and Natural Gas Book

For Students 3rd - 8th
A colorfully illustrated, and information-filled 74 page book on the history and uses of oil. .
PPT
Energy4Me

Energy4me: Energy Sources of the World [Ppt]

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the many different energy resources available from our Earth. Find out the pros and cons of each type: both renewable and nonrenewable.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Choosing an Automobile, Understanding Alternative Fuels

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan encourages students to look at alternative methods of fuel and explore the various impacts each has on the environment.
Website
University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Jimmy Carter: Domestic Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on President Carters domestic affairs including his inauguration, the success of his energy policy, his poor image in the media, and scandals in the White House during his term.
Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Energy and Minerals

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that reviews over the mining of minerals, oils, and gasses in the National Parks. Understand that programs that are put in place to ensure the mining is done responsibility and does not affect the parks resources.
eBook
John Wiley & Sons

Environet: Fossil Fuels & the Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
A case study approach on fossil fuels is provided along with an objectives and question and answer section in learning more about this environmental subject.