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  • Discussion starters 
  • World's Largest Lesson SDG 17  and  jigsaw activity
  • Solar Energy Lessons Aligned to Florida Standards​
  • Energy Lessons (CPalms and more)
  • Interdisciplinary Florida Standards Alignments​​



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How do you choose the best energy sources for the future?

SDG 7 Energy resources
  • DOE STEM | Department of Energy
  • AtlasJobs Energy Careers (stemconnector.com))
  • Student Pathways - Get Into Energy
  • Top 10 Projects in Energy | #MIP2022 (pmi.org)
  • EV Charging Network Pilot | PMI Most Influential Projects 2022
  • These 4 energy storage technologies are key to climate efforts | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)
  • Energy Island | Most Influential Projects 2021 (pmi.org)
  • Hot Heart | Most Influential Projects 2021 (pmi.org)
  • Denmark's $34BN Energy Islands Could Solve Europe's Power Problem https://youtu.be/UwkVL8A-8t4 
  • How An Oil Producing Nation Became A Renewable Energy Superstar  https://youtu.be/KA5WF3HEz-s 
  •  NREL Water Power Newsletter Winter 2021 | Water Research | NREL
  • REDi Island: Renewable Energy Discovery Island | Water Research | NREL
  • These 4 energy storage technologies are key to climate efforts | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)
  • WEF_Fostering_Effective_Energy_Transition_2020_Edition.pdf (weforum.org) 
Lesson Resources
Wind Power with the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 
  • Ted Talk    William Kamkwamba: 'How I Harnessed the Wind' (TED Talks, 2009) - YouTube   
  • Book   The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer - YouTube 
    The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | RIF.org
  • Khan academy video  Natural Resources and Earth's movements Natural resources (video) | Khan Academy
  • High School Lessons Recycling and Climate Change Educator Guide from MIT's TILclimate Podcast | Lesson Plan (sharemylesson.com)​
  • Here are the Google slides from July 2019 Sustainability Superheroes elementary workshop ​
  • Microsoft Word - UNEP renewable energy reformatted_final2.docx (globalgoals.org)
  • Global project ideas - Practical Action
  • Energy Infobook Activities (Free PDF Download) – The NEED Project




​Decision-making Lessons and Tools
  • National Geographic energy decision-making interactive 
  • MEA Monsters Inc https://modelelicitingactivities.weebly.com/3rd-grade-resources.html
  • Energy decision-making tool https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZJufGEWnC716I9mdHI4V40wS9PierPoHzpbl7Kay3WY/edit​
  • Renewable Energy Lessons that include GRASPS
  • PV Watts Calculator PV Watts Calculator https://pvwatts.nrel.gov/
  • More Solar Math  https://solaracademy.com/2018/04/01/the-amazing-math-of-solar-energy/
  • Bill Nye on solving the energy crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAvUGZEfsq4
Resources for Information About Energy Sources
  • ​NASA Climate Kids Gallery https://climatekids.nasa.gov/menu/energy/
  • For grade-specific energy informational texts: View the NEED Energy documents  or download .pdfs 
  • Energy Kids https://www.eia.gov/kids/​​
  • Readworks article collection 900-1100L (grades 4-8)
  • Readworks article Energy for Life (5-8) (1060 Lexile)
  • Readworks Fuels for the Future (6-8) Lexile 1040
  • https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/natural-gas-cleaner-energy-solution-or-just-another-fossil-fuel/
  • https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/04/alberta-canadas-tar-sands-is-growing-but-indigenous-people-fight-back/

How can you save energy?

Calculators and Information
  • ​​Appliance Calculators 
  • How to save energy at home
  • Energy Star saving energy tips ​
  • Energy Vampire Hunt activity
  • Lights at Home Energy Challenge
  • Energy Amazing Race
  • Energy Monster Graph and Image
  • TECO Energy Audit
  • Energy.gov DIY energy audit
  • More green activities 
And More . . .
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  • Science Fair Ideas: EnergyWiz.com and EIA.gov 
  • Science Fair ideas  http://www.energywhiz.com/science_fair/ideas-topics.php  https://www.eia.gov/kids/for-teachers/science-fair-experiments/
  • ​PBS Solar Lesson Plan https://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/lessons-plans/lesson-plan-is-solar-power-the-future-of-energy/ 
  • Science Journal for Kids article https://sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/can-electricity-reach-the-billion-people-who-live-without-it/​
  • High school algebra lessons http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/Solar_Power_and_Me_The_Inherent_Advantages.pdf
  • Careers in clean energy https://www.energy.gov/eere/education/clean-energy-jobs-and-planning
  • USDOE Office of Renewable Energy https://www.energy.gov/eere/office-energy-efficiency-renewable-energy
  • https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_energy2_lesson01_activity2
  • https://www.teachengineering.org/lessons/view/cub_environ_lesson09
  • https://www.nationalgeographic.org/interactive/national-geographic-energy/?utm_source=BibblioRCM_Row
  • https://www.education.com/science-fair/article/what-is-sustainable-development/
  • https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/list
  • https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/engineering--technology/systems--technologies/energy-and-power/ ​​ 

And a question to leave with . . . what about gravity storage? 

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      • Buy The Change You Want to See
      • Save the Ocean
      • America Recycles Day
      • Ask the Right Questions
      • Birds, Bees, Flowers, Trees
      • SDG 101
      • Earth Day Every Day >
        • Text Sets K-2
        • Text Sets 3-5
      • Energy
      • Frozen
      • Garbage Solutions
      • Gardening
      • In Kindergarten >
        • In Kindergarten Bees
        • In Kindergarten with Peter Rabbit
        • In Kindergarten with the Lorax
      • Rethink Tank
      • In the Shark Tank >
        • Business Model Canvas >
          • Ideation
          • Value Proposition >
            • Customer Segments
            • Value + Customer Testing
            • Channels
            • Customer Relationships
          • Revenue
          • Costs >
            • Key Resources
            • Key Activities
            • Key Partners
        • Use Text Sets >
          • Text Sets At-risk Turtles
          • Text Sets Adopt a Road
          • Text Sets Recycle
      • Industrial Revolutions
      • Circular Economy
      • Meet the Lorax
      • Practice Sustainable Manufacturing
      • Secondary Science
      • Solve Problems and Make Decisions
      • Use Design Thinking
      • Sustainable Development Goals >
        • SDG Ask the Right Questions
        • Good Life Goals
      • Toy Story: Trash to Treasure
      • Use the Arts to Inspire Change
      • Waste Not Want Not >
        • Waste Not Food Waste Lessons and Websites
        • Waste Not Composting Resources
      • Water
    • Decision Making >
      • Nearpod Lessons Part 1
      • DecisionMaking2
      • DecisionMaking3
      • DecisionMaking4
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      • Peter Rabbit Decisionomics
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