American Coal Foundation: Lesson Plan: Conserving Electric Energy

Wow! Colorful and simple, these 160 slides introduce the various forms of energy, along with a relevant image. Some of the images are animations, which help beginning physical scientists to visualize the flow of electrons or energy! This...

Another fantastic lesson on energy is presented by the American Coal Foundation. This one focuses on electricity; how it is produced, how it is delivered, and how it is used. Some excellent handouts are embedded in this fine plan which...

Lesson explores where electricity comes from, how much it costs, and the amount of coal that is used. Students will relate these concepts to how much coal is needed to light their school/classroom for one hour.

Help young scholars learn about coal and its role in energy and electricity. The United States of Energy is a complete classroom program that allows students to learn about the many energy sources that power the United States and...

This two-part lesson teaches students about the process of generating electricity from coal and helps them research and discover alternate ways for using coal to produce electricity.

Apply the concepts of conservation of energy to a skater to introduce a fun way the concepts apply to real life. Scholars build tracks, ramps, and jumps then analyze the various types of energy and friction. For an added challenge,...

Can our energy resources keep up with our ever-growing population? Science scholars learn the basics of energy and Earth's energy resources during an electrifying lesson. The resource combines video clips and an engineering design...

What a wonderful way to explore motion and forces! Learners design a catapult, after watching a video and discussing types of catapults. This is a comprehensive and complete lesson with links to supplementary resources.

Using a variety of learning activities and related materials, students will discover where coal is mined and the different ways it is transported to power plants or steel mills where it is used. Students will then map out their own...

Two-part lesson in which middle schoolers learn about when and how coal was formed. They will do research on geologic time frames and order them by eon, era, period, or epoch.