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This page exists to provide more information to those who are enrolled in NRES 730 Energy Education in the Classroom Course. Please let us know if you think other information would be helpful in this section.
Download selected energy education resources which includes where to purchase the materials and how much they cost.
View pictures of KEEP classes:
Custer
Class 2002
Manitowoc Class 2003
Examples of Final
Assignment:
*Assignments for NR 730 can range from a unit prepared from the
KEEP Activity Guide to a community involvement project. The
instructor of your KEEP course will be able to help you design a
project that is right for you.
Energy Forum - March
2004 (Grade 5)
Analysis of Energy Related Data Sets - May 2005 (Grades 11-12)
Elementary Teachers! Visit our Elementary Web Support pages to get ideas for your classroom, including sample assignments and activities!
| Activities from the KEEP Activity Guide |
The activities listed below are in the KEEP
Activity Guide. The information we provide here will assist with
each of the activities or will give you more information. The computer
icon
represents the materials and resources that are referred to in the
Activity Guide and Student Book.
Which advertisements support and which advertisements oppose the technology or product they are trying to "sell"? What ages are these advertisements geared toward? Would you purchase the product or support the company/organization?
Videos
Clean
Coal Air Freshener Advertisement (type in
address if link doesn't work:
http://earthday.net/therealitycoalition)
Clean Coal Advertisement
Nuclear: Clean Air Energy Advertisement
Nuclear: Not Clean, Not Green Advertisement
BP
Advertisement
BP Advertisement
Sunchips Advertisement
These are just a few random sample advertisements. Please send us additional advertisements that you would like added to this list.
Sustainable Economy by BusinessWeek
The Sustainable Economy section on BusinessWeek’s new topic-based site,
Business Exchange, was built to foster educational collaboration,
awareness and the exchange of free information. This topic features
thousands of free news articles, blog posts and authoritative reference
materials from sources across the Web. It offers numerous resources that
allow students to research a Sustainable Economy by providing free
access to industry experts and their submitted reference materials.
Wisconsin Energy Statistics
Wisconsin Public Libraries with Watt Meters
Visit the Careers page in KEEP's online High School Supplement titled Energy Matters: A Web-based Exploration of Energy Today and Tomorrow
Visit Focus on Energy to learn more about the Schools Program
Go to KEEP's School Building Energy Efficiency site
Wisconsin Energy Statistics
Supplement this activity with information from KEEP's home energy education page.
View this site to see a PowerPoint on nuclear energy presented to the Governor's Task Force on Global Warming. www.dnr.state.wi.us/environmentprotect/gtfgw/documents/MdTF20080501.pdf
Point Beach Nuclear Plant in Wisconsin: http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/pointbeach.html
View map of Coal Fields of the Conterminous United States
Observe samples of coal
For more information on power generation and transmission, visit: http://www.answers.com/topic/electric-power-transmission
The Department of Natural Resources has a variety of air education resources available http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/air/pubinfo/educ/Education.htm
Learn about recycling centers in your community; here's one for Portage County: http://www.recyclingconnections.org/
Climate Change Emissions Information: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/index.htm
Supplement this activity with information from KEEP's home energy education page.
Electric Motors and Generators -
For more background information and teaching ideas, visit http://science.howstuffworks.com/electromagnet.htm
Visit the NEED Web site for additional background information on energy resources: http://www.need.org/EnergyInfobooks.php
For more information on the Tragedy of the Commons, visit: http://www.sciencemag.org/sciext/sotp/commons.dtl
View the human digestive system
View the new Food Guide Pyramid
Related to the future, is sustainable development. Check out this UNESCO activity for some teaching ideas.
There are many Internet site on Futures Thinking, here's one: www.accelerationwatch.com/futuristdef.html. You can also find information by checking out The Futurist magazine: http://www.wfs.org/futurist.htm.
Energy Prices and the Laws of Supply and Demand -
Invite an economist into your classroom to explain supply and demand . . . here is one Internet activity that also has ideas: http://www.lessonsnips.com/lesson/supplydemand
Check out the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education Resources Library for trade books and reading activities for students: http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/library/index.htm
This timeline from the Department of Energy supports the "Energy Use Then and Now" activity: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/history/timelines/
For more activities for young learners, visit KEEP's elementary supplement. The Department of Energy's kid's page has a number of teaching ideas as well: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/classactivities/teachers&students.html
Too expensive to travel to New Zealand? At least you can visit how they teach students about heat energy by visiting this site: http://www.energyinfonz.co.nz/home/KidsZone/Energybasics/HE.html
More information on Heat and Thermal Energy: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen99/gen99829.htm
If you haven't taken a Project WILD workshop, visit the Department of Natural Resources Web site to learn how.
Visit your local utility's Web site to learn how they get their energy resource. This KEEP page has links to many Wisconsin power plants.
For more activities for young learners, visit KEEP's elementary supplement. The Department of Energy's kid's page has a number of teaching ideas as well: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/classactivities/teachers&students.html
Visit the Careers page in KEEP's online High School Supplement titled Energy Matters: A Web-based Exploration of Energy Today and Tomorrow
Visit the Department of Energy's Web site for activities on nuclear energy: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/nuclear.html
Visit the Department of Energy's Web site for activities on solar energy: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/solar.html
View the Pedal Power energy bike that this activity discusses
View the Hand Crank Generator which is also used to produce electrical power from mechanical energy
For more activities for young learners, visit KEEP's elementary supplement. The Department of Energy's kid's page has a number of teaching ideas as well: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/classactivities/teachers&students.html
Also check out KEEP's online course NR 733: Energy Education: Concepts and Practices for background information on forms of energy.
Puzzling Wisconsin's Biological Communities -
Wisconsin's Vegetation Cover (Pre-1850)
Wisconsin's Vegetation Cover (1850)
Wisconsin's Vegetation Cover (1990)
!Students may have peanut allergies. Try burning other foods such as marshmallows or potato chips instead.
Burning peanuts (or other flammable foods) to measure calories is a popular activity. Do an Internet search to find the many ways this lesson is presented.
Building solar ovens is a popular activity. Do an Internet search to find the many ways this lesson is presented.
So You Want to Heat Your Home? -
Visit the Focus on Energy Web page for information on home heating. www.focusonenergy.com/Residential/Efficient_Heating_and_Cooling/Efficient_Heating_and_Cooling.aspx
Here is an activity from NEED about energy transfers and conversions: http://www.need.org/needpdf/SecondaryScienceofEnergy2007.pdf
Explore the Water Cycle
For more activities for young learners, visit KEEP's elementary supplement. The Department of Energy's kid's page has a number of teaching ideas as well: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/classactivities/teachers&students.html
Global Climate Change pages: NOAA National Climatic Data Center
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Global Change Research Program
Waterwheels, Windmills, and Turbines -
Photos of waterwheels
Photos of windmills
KEEP Photos page (this page includes photos of wind turbines)Part C option for Student Book on page 97:
Part C: The Steam Turbine: Hold your turbine over the hole in the spout of a boiling kettle of water. Caution: Make sure your fingers are not close to the spout; steam can burn!
Questions:
Does Your turbine spin?
How was the steam made?
Where Does It Get Its Energy? -
For more activities for young learners, visit KEEP's elementary supplement. The Department of Energy's kid's page has a number of teaching ideas as well: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/classactivities/teachers&students.html
Why Use Renewable Energy? - Go to this activity now! (activity is within the Renewable Energy Online Course NRES 735)
Send comments and suggestions to KEEP, energy@uwsp.edu or call 715.346.4770.
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