Energy Resources

6º of Energy Efficiency Challenge
Making a difference isn't as hard as it sounds, if we all do our part. Take the 6º of Energy Efficiency quiz to see how much you know about energy efficiency, then pledge to be more energy wise and spread the knowledge to friends, family and neighbors.

Alliance to Save Energy: Kids
Alliance to Save Energy's kids page provides a variety of links to energy-conservation resources and other energy-based sites targeted to kids that help educate kids on energy issues and motivate and empower them to conserve. For teacher resources, visit the Alliance's page for educators.

Alliant Energy Kids: Saving Energy
This website offers different pages with information about the importance of saving energy and how to do it, including top ten energy-saving rules, a Q&A section and fun facts. Each informational page offers links for parents and teachers.  

Captain Planet Energy Conservation Game
In this online, interactive game, students help the Planeteers save energy on five different levels by turning off light switches and household appliances within a limited amount of time. Each level increases in difficulty and unlocks the power of a Planeteer's ring. 

Charles Edison Fund
The Charles Edison Fund is an endowed philanthropic institution dedicated to the support of worthwhile endeavors generally within the areas of medical research, science education and historic preservation. The website offers historical information on Thomas and Charles Edison, as well as Science Teaching Experiments to help get elementary students engaged in a range of science and technology topics, including energy conservation and alternative energy sources. 

Classroom Energy
Classroom Energy is a fun Web site created by the American Petroleum Institute. The website offers online, interactive games, activities and video tours as well as K-12 curricula and kits involving energy basics, oil and natural gas and energy, technology and the environment. Resources are organized by topic, media type and grade level. Visit the website to access the resources.

Energy and the Environment Activity Book
This printable activity book, developed by Natural Resources Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency, includes ten activities on energy use and conservation, including crossword puzzles, a Green Audit, brainstorming activities and simple calculations. Although written for a Canadian audience, the information is useful for American students, as well. The activities are most appropriate for upper elementary levels.

Energy Efficiency World
This fun, interactive site contains a wealth of information on energy basics and energy conservation for kids. It includes a home energy inspection and certificate to help get kids engaged in energy conservation. Games, an energy saver calculator and resources for parents and teachers are also provided.

Energy Hog
The Alliance to Save Energy's Energy Hog program is an online computer activity that reveals "energy hogs" in our homes. When these "hogs" are eliminated, we save energy and money and help protect the environment. The site also includes the Energy Hog Challenge, a set of classroom activities that can be downloaded for free.

Energy Ideas Clearing House
The Energy Ideas Clearing House provides a wealth of links related to energy education and conservation.

Energy Kid's Page
This site, created by the Energy Information Administration specifically for kids, includes energy facts, games and activities, energy history, classroom activities, links, an energy glossary, and an energy conversion calculator.

Energy Quest
The Energy Quest site provides access to interactive energy games and puzzles, resources, a newsletter, projects, homework help (Ask Professor Quester) and more. Click on the red apple for teacher's resources, including background material, recommended books and extensive links to K-12 energy education lesson plans on other sites.

Energy Star Kids
This fun, interactive site for kids includes a wealth of information on energy. It helps students understand energy conservation with a series of engaging tips that appear when users click objects in a simulated bedroom. The site also provides a section for parents and teachers with lesson plans, games, activities and school programs. For general information on the Energy Star program, visit Energy Star. 

Fuel Our Future Now
This fun, eye-catching site provides a wealth of information for students, teachers and parents to help engage youth in hands-on science experiments and empower them to make a positive impact on the future by investigating energy efficiency and alternative energy sources. Information and resources are divided into elementary, middle and high school sections.   

Green Schools Program
Alliance to Save Energy's Green Schools Program helps schools go green by first organizing a team of teachers, custodial staff, administrators and students to carry out the program at participating schools. An introductory workshop helps teams within districts work together to create a customized plan for teaching about energy, saving energy in school, creating school-wide energy awareness and taking the message home and into the local community.

Imagining Tomorrow: Alternate Energy Futures
A program of the Foresight Project, Imagining Tomorrow is a new and innovative national creative writing and video contest for high-school students that focuses on the subjects of clean energy and global climate. The website contains Starting Points, questions, and resource links for students and teachers, as well as online publication of winning entries for additional discussion. Contest entries are due by March 31, 2007; $10,000 is committed for national awards.

Kids Saving Energy
This site, created by the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program, provides fun and engaging resources for kids, including games, energy saving tips, videos and an energy quiz. Links are provided to DOE's K-12 lesson plans and activities for parents and teachers. 

Lose Your Excuse
A joint effort by the U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Star and What's Your Excuse?, this  interactive site for kids includes educational games, information and tips presented in a fun, engaging way to help youth understand energy conservation concepts. The site links to a page of information for parents as well as DOE's K-12 lesson plans and activities for educators.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Education Programs
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a program of the U.S. Department of Energy, offers resources for K-12 students and teachers. Student programs seek to promote science, mathematics and technology education using renewable energy as the vehicle to capture student interest. Teachers are offered research and development opportunities to enhance their content knowledge, instructional strategies, and leadership abilities. 

The NEED Project
The mission of the National Energy Education Development Project is to promote an energy conscious and educated society by creating effective networks of students, educators, business, government and community leaders to design and deliver objective, multi-sided energy education programs. Learn how to become a member of their educator network and gain access to their many energy education resources by clicking on the above link.

Plant for the Planet: Billion Tree Campaign
A program of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Plant for the Planet seeks to plant seven billion trees by the end of 2009 in an effort of offset energy usage and slow global warming. The program provides information on how to plant trees locally and encourages schools, businesses, and community groups around the world to take part in the pledge.

Project Super Powers
Project Super Powers is a site for young people that challenges them to think of creative ways to save energy. Viewers read about "top-secret" experiments scientists are conducting on Super Heroes to test their energy-saving Super Powers. Students can then provide their thoughts on more efficient ways to save energy.

Schools for Energy Efficiency
Schools for Energy Efficiency (SEE) is a comprehensive program is for K-12 schools to save energy and money by changing behavior throughout the district. SEE provides a systemized plan, educational awareness materials, training and utility tracking for immediate and sustainable savings.

Touchstone Energy Kids Zone
This fun site for kids has energy-saving tips, information on renewable energy, games and activities. The site also provides lesson plans, kits and activities for K-5 classroom teachers. 

TVA Kids: How You Can Save Energy
This page from the Tennessee Valley Authority offers kids games and information on how to improve energy efficiency, and provides links to other sites for more information. 

Wisconsin KEEP (K-12 Energy Education Program)
KEEP's mission is to initiate and facilitate the development, dissemination, implementation and evaluation of energy education programs. They offer educational resources pertaining to home, school, and renewable energy education, as well as online resources for professional development.

Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists
The mission of the U.S. Department of Energy's Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) program is to provide a continuum of opportunities to students and teachers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). WDTS programs include programs for teachers and for K-12 students, including the DOE National Science Bowl and the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program.