Energy Consumption of Streaming Services
If your family is like most, streaming content has become commonplace in your household. You may even start to wonder what impact those streaming services have on your energy consumption.
Experiment for Kids: Salt Water Density
Have your kids ever asked you why they float better in salt water versus fresh water? How do different amounts of salt affect the density of a solution?
Lesson Plan: Understanding Your Energy Bill
This week’s lesson will help families to understand and dissect their electricity bills and understand how smart meters, utility apps and utility website data can help inform household energy decisions. As this lesson focuses most on electricity, the text will revisit and review electricity text previously covered, but this time with a new angle and
Lesson Plan: Solar Energy
This lesson aims to introduce students to solar energy. Energy from the sun plays a part in the use of nearly every other source of energy, from wind to biomass to yes – fossil fuels!
How Much Energy Do Game Consoles Really Use?
Computer games have never been more popular. Two-thirds of Americans use PCs, consoles and streaming devices to play games.
How Small Business Owners Can Save Energy with Circular Economy
The circular economy is a concept that’s increasingly gaining in popularity with small businesses that want to operate more efficiently. It’s a new economic model that leads to cost savings and efficiency and that’s also good for the planet.
Lesson Plan: Natural Gas and Wind Energy
Wind Energy Wind is moving air. If air is moving, work can be done!
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Lesson Plan: Energy Conservation at Home
This lesson aims to introduce students to energy saving behaviors and why it is important to save or conserve energy. Energy conservation is the decision and practice of using less energy.
Lesson Plan: Electricity and Electricity Generation
This lesson aims to introduce students to the basics of electricity – what it is, how we use it, and how we can generate it. Electricity is most often generated using a generator.
Lesson Plan: Energy Basics and Energy Sources
This lesson aims to introduce energy, helps to identify how we use energy, and begins to look closer at what renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy we use in the United States. For each suggested grade band, you’ll see some quick text for reading as well as a worksheet or link to interactive worksheets.
Kids Craft: Tin Can Constellation Lanterns
With the kids out of school, you may be looking for crafts that also provide a learning opportunity. We’ve got the perfect activity that can be completed with items you have available at home.
