Energy - Efficiency
Resources
Advanced Vehicles & Fuels Research
 | Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
 | Type: Article/Report - Classroom Lessons - Web site |
| Summary: Working in partnership with public and private organizations, we research, develop, and demonstrate innovative vehicle and fuel technologies that reduce the nation's dependence on imported oil, and improve our energy security and air quality. Our goal is to he... |
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Building Types: Schools
| Type: Article/Report - Case Study - Checklist - Fact sheet - List - Web site |
| Summary: Links and a list of resources are provided for creating energy efficient schools. Included are case studies, available software, and design briefs. Each of these provide additional tools and resources for the purpose of desiging more efficient schools. |
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Decorative Holiday Lights
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons - Fact sheet - Holiday |
| Summary: C7, C9, Miniature and Icicle Lights are compared. Avoid feeling like Scrooge and explore the options for lighting and decorating.
Let students do the math on the costs of lighting for their homes.
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Energy Efficiency World
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Experiment - Glossary - Web site |
| Summary: The Energy Efficiency World website is designed to educate 8- to 12-year-old students about energy, motivate them to make energy-saving behavioral changes, and encourage their families to do the same.
The site is geared for a range of interests and reading l... |
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Energy Hog
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials |
| Summary: Saving Energy is not only easy, it saves money, promotes a healthy lifestyle and protects natural resources for future generations. The Energy Hog provides a scavenger hunt as a take home assignment, an interactive learning experience, training games, handbook... |
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Energy Information Sheets
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Fact sheet - Web site |
| Summary: Energy Information fact sheets (30 as of October 2004) on a broad range of energy topics are provided. Each sheet has links to additional sources. Topics include oil prices, petroleum consumption, renewable energy, natural gas reserves, degree days and more. |
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Energy Kid's Page
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Fact sheet - Glossary - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours - Web site |
| Summary: Energy sections, puzzles, quizzes, games,Energy Ant field trips, activities, energy facts, historical time lines (on energy) and more combine to provide a valuable classroom resource. |
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Energy Savers: A Consumer Guide to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Checklist - Fact sheet - List - Manual/Handbook - Web site |
| Summary: Learn what energy efficiency programs are going on in your state, and follow short cuts to technology information on appliances, all aspects of solar, geothermal, hydropower and wind energy. Use interactive evaluation tools, animations, fact sheets and more a... |
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Energy Saving Activities for Schools
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: List |
| Summary: A list of potential activities for middle school students for saving energy in schools. |
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Energy Smarts Team Training Manual
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Checklist - Classroom Materials - Glossary - Manual/Handbook |
| Summary: The Energy Smarts Team members are energy conscious students students who want to save energy at school AND at home. Students in a classroom and their teacher have formed an energy team, selected students to monitor their building eacy day, at recess, lunch o... |
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Energy Star for K-12 School Districts
| Type: Article/Report - Case Study - Checklist - Classroom Lessons - Fact sheet - Holiday - List - Web site |
| Summary: ENERGY STAR is a government-backed program(EPA and DOE) helping businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency. ENERGY STAR provides tools and guidelines for energy management appropriate for school administrators; it pro... |
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Green Schools Energy Project: Step-by-Step Manual
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Checklist - Manual/Handbook - School Projects |
| Summary: This manual is designed for use by high school students. It is a 30-page pdf designed to engage students in a process of research about energy use within their schools. It provides step-by-step guidlines for implementing energy savings projects. |
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Hamster-Powered Night Light with Custom Low-RPM Alternator
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Experiment |
| Summary: First glance indicates this is a joke, but actually it comes as an inspiration from an 8th grade classroom |
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Healthy SEAT
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Database |
| Summary: EPA has developed a unique software tool to help school districts evaluate and manage their school facilities for key environmental, safety and health issues. The new Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool (Healthy SEAT) is designed to be customized and u... |
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Healthy SEAT
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Database |
| Summary: EPA has developed a unique software tool to help school districts evaluate and manage their school facilities for key environmental, safety and health issues. The new Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool (Healthy SEAT) is designed to be customized and u... |
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Healthy SEAT
| Grade Level: Post-Secondary |
| Type: Database |
| Summary: EPA has developed a unique software tool to help school districts evaluate and manage their school facilities for key environmental, safety and health issues. The new Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool (Healthy SEAT) is designed to be customized and u... |
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Healthy SEAT
| Grade Level: Post-Secondary |
| Type: Database |
| Summary: EPA has developed a unique software tool to help school districts evaluate and manage their school facilities for key environmental, safety and health issues. The new Healthy School Environments Assessment Tool (Healthy SEAT) is designed to be customized and u... |
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Higher Energy Costs Need Not Dim Your Holiday Cheer
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report |
| Summary: The Alliance to Save Energy offers fun yet practical tips for an energy-efficient holiday season. |
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Home Energy Audits
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Checklist - Classroom Materials - Web site |
| Summary: A home energy audit is the first step to assess how much energy your home consumes, and to evaluate what measures you can take to make your home more energy-efficient. An audit will show you problems that may, when corrected, save you significant amounts of mo... |
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Home Energy Saver: The first web-based do-it-yourself energy audit tool
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Checklist - Web site |
| Summary: This is a relatively user friendly process for conducting an energy audit. Begin with your zip code. Explore the drop down menus.
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Hot Water and Warm Homes from Sunlight
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Lessons - Experiment |
| Summary: Lessons
Author, Alan Gould, GEMS ISBN 0912511249 Students can learn about heat and actually build model homes and hot water heaters to apply concepts and test understanding. Books listed in Greening Schools BiblioResources have been... |
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How much energy is consumed by outdoor display lighting.
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Materials - Holiday - School Projects |
| Summary: What are the costs for outdoor lighting? This could be combined with lessons on energy efficiency and math. |
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IESNA, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Web site |
| Summary: IESNA us a technical authority on illumination. IESNA is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and the improvement of the lighted environment. THey provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. They also provide educational opportunities and... |
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Midwest Renewable Energy Association
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Web site |
| Summary: The Midwest Renewable Energy Association is a nonprofit network for sharing ideas, resources, and information with individuals, businesses, and communities to promote a sustainable future through renewable energy and energy efficiency. MREA offers an energy fa... |
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Lessons - Manual/Handbook - Web site |
| Summary: NREL provides maps, resources and much more as part of their effort to secure an energy future for the nation that is environmentally and economically sustainable. |
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Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Checklist - Classroom Materials - Fact sheet - Web site |
| Summary: The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) is one of the nation’s leading regional education and advocacy associations that aims to accelerate the deployment and use of renewable energy, green buildings, and energy efficiency. NESEA produces major ev... |
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Peak Students.Net
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Materials - Fact sheet - School Projects - Web site |
| Summary: Students involved in PEAK projects can learn how to save family money on energy bills, discover why saving energy is good for the environment, gain knowledge about solar power and other renewable energy sources and chat with other PEAK students in california,... |
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Saving Energy
| Grade Level: Elementary |
| Type: Fact sheet |
| Summary: Grade appropriate fact sheet on Saving Energy.All NEED Curriculum Correlations to the National Science Education Standards for all grade levels. NEED has also correlated our materials to many State Education Standards. |
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Turning on the Juice
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Experiment - Fact sheet - Glossary - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours - Web site |
| Summary: How does the "juice get to the plug" is the question and the answers come through activities. course guides, teacher's manuals and parent information. This is everything and anything a teacher might need to know for teaching about electricity. Animated power... |
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Watt Does It Cost to Use It?
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: Students will become familiar with how electrical usage is counted and prices and they will evaluate representative household and school electricial items. |
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Watts on Schools, Bringing Solar Energy to the Communities we Serve
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Case Study - Database - Experiment - List - Web site |
| Summary: Move backwards and forward at this site dedicated to Solar Energy and you can learn about what schools are doing, calculate wattage, download data, find appropriate activities and learn about the photovoltaic systems. |
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