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| Introduction |
This page contains publications of the Wisconsin K-12 Energy Education Program. KEEP is very proud of the materials we have produced and have the publications or portions of the publications available for you to download and print out. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view these files. You can download Acrobat Reader free from Adobe. Note that some of these files are rather large! These publications are only given to Wisconsin educators who attend a KEEP course. If you aren't from Wisconsin, please contact KEEP Staff for more information.
| Conceptual Guide to K-12 Energy Education in Wisconsin |
The conceptual guide provides the structure for the K-12 Energy Education Program. It divides energy education into four themes and
identifies 59 energy-related concepts within those themes. The
framework themes are:
We Need Energy,
Developing Energy Resources, Effects of Energy Resource Development,
and
Managing Energy Resource Use.
For more information or to download the conceptual guide click here.
| KEEP Activity Guide |
The KEEP Activity Guide is
only available to
educators who take
the KEEP course NR 730. Please check our
Professional Development pages for course schedules or contact the
KEEP office for how to schedule a
course. The KEEP Activity
Guide contains 44 hands-on, interdisciplinary lessons that are
aligned with Wisconsin's academic standards and make energy
relevant to students' lives.
For more information and to download selected parts of the KEEP Activity Guide, including the table of contents, click here.
View the Course Support page.
| Doable Renewables |
The Doable Renewables Supplement is only available to
educators who take NR 732:
Doable
Renewables.
Please check our
Professional Development pages for course schedules or
contact the KEEP office for
how to schedule a course. This course offers the next step in renewable
energy education including hands-on activities, class
discussions, and classroom based applications to help teachers
analyze energy information and create strategies and techniques
to enhance their students' understanding of renewable energy.
This renewable energy curriculum, designed for K-12 teachers to
use in their classrooms, includes activities such as Catch That
Wind, Placement Matters, Renewable Candy Resources, and Working
Water.
View the Course Support page.
| Energy and Your School Supplement |
The
Energy and Your School Supplement is only
available to educators who take NRES 734: School Building
Energy Efficiency Education.
Please check our
Professional Development page for course schedules or
contact the KEEP office
for how to schedule a course. This course focuses on
evaluating the energy use in school buildings and guiding
K-12 teachers towards utilizing the school building as a
learning tool for energy education. This school energy
efficiency curriculum, designed for K-12 teachers to use in
their classrooms, includes activities such as Pulling the
Plug on Phantom Loads, Light and Your Load, Cost of
Computers, and Demanding School Electric Bills.
| KEEP 10 Year Report |
KEEP is proud to have been increasing and
improving energy education
in Wisconsin's K-12 schools since 1995. To commemorate
the ten year anniversary the staff compiled this 10 Year
Report.
Read
10 Years of
Empowering Energy Education in Wisconsin.
(You will be asked for your name, school, and state/country when you
download this document. Please be assured that this information will be used
for internal reference only.)
| K-12 Energy Education Program Baseline Study |
Performed by the Energy Center of Wisconsin, this report summarizes the results of the first phase of
a KEEP evaluation: the collection of baseline data on the status of energy education in Wisconsin's public schools before the KEEP program
was implemented. The findings of the baseline study measure (1) how teachers are currently teaching energy in Wisconsin schools, and (2) students' and parents' knowledge of the four KEEP energy themes and their attitudes/practices regarding energy usage.
Scheduled for the 2001-2002 fiscal year was the second phase of the evaluation: the collection of baseline data on the current status of energy education in Wisconsin's public schools as a result of the KEEP program implementation.
Click here for more information on the initial baseline study.
| Elementary Supplement: Know the Flow of Energy in Your School |
Know
the Flow of Energy in Your School is a supplement to the KEEP Activity
Guide specifically for teachers of kindergarten through fourth grade
students. This publication includes activities that address State
Academic Standards, assessments, and extensions.
More than 2,000 elementary teachers have participated in KEEP classes. They report that their students greatly enjoy participating in KEEP activities and have learned much more about important energy concepts. Teachers of young students especially appreciate KEEP activities because energy is an abstract subject and their students think at the concrete operational level. KEEP activities help address the learning needs of younger students. Therefore, elementary teachers greatly desire and have requested more activities to help make energy relevant and interesting to their students’ lives. The Know the Flow of Energy in Your School supplement is designed to help the teacher use the school as an educational tool by introducing kindergarten through fourth grade students to energy in a way that connects it directly to their lives. It’s designed to make learning fun through 11 hands-on, exploratory activities.
Know the Flow of Energy in Your School (PDF)
(You will be asked for your name, school, and state/country when you
download this document. Please be assured that this information will be
used for internal reference only.)
| BioFutures |
It is very important that students experience activities which will enable them to understand renewable energy and biomass energy concepts. Moreover, it is crucial that students gain an appreciation for renewable energy resources at an early age. This early awareness will support their further explorations of biomass energy resource development and use. BioFutures includes several activities that will support awareness of biomass energy resources.
View BioFutures here!
(You will be asked for your name, school, and state/country when you
download this document. Please be assured that this information will be used
for internal reference only.)
| Energy Education Teaching Ideas for Homeschool |
KEEP conducted a workshop at the annual Energy Fair for homeschool teachers in 2004. During this workshop, educators received a kit of hands-on resources related to key renewable energy concepts. The participants were also asked to review existing KEEP activities and to provide advice on how they could be adapted for the homeschool setting. The participants recommended that a curriculum for homeschool should contain extensive background information and a list of complementary teaching ideas (or "Energy Sparks"). By providing "Energy Sparks" each parent can adapt the activity to meet the individual learning needs of his or her child. We hope you find this document useful.
Energy Education Teaching Ideas for Homeschool
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download this document. Please be assured that this information will be
used for internal reference only.)
Send comments and suggestions to KEEP, energy@uwsp.edu or call 715.346.4770.
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