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Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: Movers and Shakers [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Wind is created in areas where there are temperature shifts. For this lesson, Grade Two students will investigate areas of their schoolyard where there are 'wind tunnels' and 'wind shadows'. They will then use this information to...
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EL Education

El Education: Renewing Our Future

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After completing research and field-work, students create a calendar with photographs, illustrations, and information about four different types of renewable energy: solar, wind, hydropower, and biomass.
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Chewonki Foundation: Pathways to a Sustainable Future: Renewable Energy

For Students 6th - 8th
Information on different forms of renewable energy with links for student projects, resources for teachers, and links to related resources.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Science Today Hurricane Damage

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will construct a graph and a regression model which shows the relationship between wind speed and the force of the wind. The students will analyze the math model that fits the data to make predictions from the model.
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Other

Energy Resources

For Students 3rd - 8th
Finding alternative energy sources is a challenge facing the leaders of today and tomorrow. Andy Darvill has created an impressive resource, summarizing various renewable and non-renewable energy resources.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Alternative Energy Debate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
With a learning team, students choose an alternative energy source such as solar, wind, biofuel, geothermal or other form and research the pros and cons of that energy type. The team then splits into debate teams and draws straws to...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Solving a 'Windy' Problem

For Students 3rd - 5th
The wind is a powerful force, enough to erode whole hillsides over time. Building structures in windy environments challenge civil engineers with special safety concerns. A wall in a windy area can either shield you from the cold or fall...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Introduction to Potential and Kinetic Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Energy is the ability of a system to do work. That system may be batteries powering an electronic game system or windmills capturing wind energy to power a city. When an object or an organism does work, energy is transferred to another...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Everglades Airboat

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about Newton's 2nd Law- the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration, for a wind-powered boat.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Universal Language of Engineering Drawings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice the ability to produce clear, complete, accurate and detailed design drawings through an engineering design challenge. Using only the specified materials, teams are challenged to draw a design for a wind-powered car....
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...
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Other

Mennonite Heritage Village

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Mennonite Heritage Village's website tells the story of Manitoba's Mennonite history from 1525 until present time. The museum is open to class visits and includes early homes, a blacksmith shop, general store, Old Colony Church, schools,...
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Michigan Department of Education

Central Michigan University: 3 D Science Performance Assessment Tasks

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this well-developed lesson plan, students will develop a model of a wind turbine and present their models to the group. The students will further construct an explanation of the design to support that energy is transferred and...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Energy, Light and Sound: Renewable Fuels

For Students 3rd - 5th
A slideshow and a short quiz on the different types of renewable energy sources.
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Curated OER

Wind

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering for the Earth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young students are introduced to the complex systems of the Earth through numerous lessons on its natural resources, processes, weather, climate and landforms. Key earth science topics include rocks, soils and minerals, water and natural...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through nine lessons, students are introduced to a range of energy types--electrical, light, sound and thermal-as well as the renewable energy sources of wind, hydro (water) and solar power. Subjects range from understanding that the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Rolling Blackouts & Environmental Impact

For Teachers 11th - 12th
The goal is for the students to understand the environmental design considerations required when generating electricity. The electric power that we use every day at home and work is generated by a variety of power plants. Power plants...
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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.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Renewable Energy Living Lab: Energy Priorities

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students analyze real-world data for five types of renewable energy, as found on the online Renewable Energy Living Lab. They identify the best and worst locations for production of each form of renewable energy, and then make...
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Other

Texas Council on Economic Education: Building an Economy: Texas Experience [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A 14-lesson, 169-page unit on the economic history of Texas. Lessons cover the free enterprise system, the economic patterns and motivations of Native Americans and various immigrant groups, the impact of the closing of the frontier, the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Sources Research

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Fact sheets are provided for several different energy resources as a starting point for students to conduct literature research on the way these systems work and their various pros and cons. Students complete a worksheet for homework or...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Systems

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Posters are provided for several different energy conversion systems. Students are provided with cards that give the name and a description of each of the components in an energy system. They match these with the figures on the diagram....
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Design a Net Zero Energy Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a concept design of their very own net-zero energy classroom by pasting renewable energy and energy-efficiency items into and around a pretend classroom on a sheet of paper. They learn how these items (such as solar...

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