Energy Education Tools

Get Into Energy

Get Into Energy has been developed and is managed by the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD). CWED is a non-profit organization with a mission of building alliances, processes, and tools to develop tomorrows energy workforce. This site is designed to build awareness among students, parents, teachers, guidance counselors, as well as working adults who are considering a career change. This site is open to anyone and includes: videos, career information, and information for students, parents, and educators. www.getintoenergy.com

The Harnessed Atom

Nuclear Energy and Electricity.
Senior High Honors Edition. (Field Test Version is currently available on limited basis).
This curriculum supplement is designed for high school juniors and seniors, especially those in honors and AP physics and chemistry. The classroom materials and experiments provide students with a clearer understanding of the physics of energy production, use, and conservation. It contains 10 interdisciplinary modules including energy and society, nuclear physics, atomic structure, reactor design and operation, and risk analysis. The curriculum, developed by the U.S. Department of Energy in collaboration with high school teachers across the country, emphasizes science curriculum standards, career opportunities, and big ideas of science to prepare high achieving students for college and careers. It contains experiments, lesson plans, pre- and post-tests, lectures, and field trip planning tools. For teacher inquiries, or for information on sponsoring the curriculum for teachers in your service area, contact xiquesp@saic.com

How to build a cloud chamber www.lns.cornell.edu/~adf4/cloud.html

National Energy Foundation (NEF)

The NEF is one of the nation’s leading K-12 energy education organizations. NEF’s mission is to cultivate and promote an energy literate society. NEF accomplishes this mission by developing attractive and engaging energy-related instructional materials for teachers and students, and by implementing those materials through a wide range of teacher and student programs.
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, NEF conducts projects across the U.S. Major energy education program initiatives are ongoing in New York, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Nevada, Idaho, and various other locations. NEF programs and materials have won numerous awards over the Foundation’s 32 year history, and NEF instructional posters in particular are well known to science teachers throughout the country. NEF materials also included an energy education teacher guide series that spirals from Kindergarten to 12th grade. To contact the National Energy Foundation, call 1-800-616-8326 or visit NEF’s web site at www.nef1.org

The Need Project, Putting Energy Into Education

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. www.need.org

Periodic Chart Examples

This website documents, in great depth, a large collection of chemical elements and examples of their applications, common and uncommon. This website now contains the largest, most complete library of stock photographs of the elements and their applications available anywhere, as well as a large and growing collection of 3D images documenting hundreds of samples rotated through 360 degrees. http://theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable

Teachers’ Domain

This is a free, online digital media library of K-12 classroom resources developed by Boston public television stations WGBH. Resources draw from high-quality, trusted PBS shows such as the award-winning NOVA, ZOOM, Frontline and A Science Odyssey.    Teachers’ Domain has over 1,800 standards- based resources that supplement textbook material covering all content areas. Additionally, Teachers’ Domain has developed online professional development courses that assist K-12 science teachers in effectively teaching inquiry-based science utilizing media from the collections. Courses can be licensed to educational service agencies, districts, schools, and universities for delivery to the K-12 teachers they serve. With over 315,000 registered users in over 174 countries around the world, Teachers’ Domain strives to strengthen teacher knowledge by providing innovative teaching methods that inspire students to learn. To access Teachers‘Domain resources and course information, please visit www.teachersdomain.org