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Wasting Energy at Home

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Students act as energy conservation engineers and identify the ways energy is conserved or wasted. They also discover many ways to personally conserve energy everyday. Students discover how engineers perform home energy audits to understand the ways we use energy and identify ways we can conserve energy. An effective game is outlined in this plan which demonstrates the basics of energy conservation.

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energy conservation, energy

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energy, energy conservation, science
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Grade
3rd - 5th
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Science
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1 hr
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