Lesson Plan: Measuring Electricity Consumption
This week’s lesson on electricity consumption builds upon the previous week’s lesson. However, topics will be re-introduced for newcomers!
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.
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Lesson Plan: Natural Gas and Wind Energy
Wind Energy Wind is moving air. If air is moving, work can be done!
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.
How to Save Energy While You’re Self-Isolating & Working from Home
If you’re looking for ways to keep expenses manageable in this economy, it can be helpful to examine the energy impacts of self-isolating and working from home. The guidelines recommended by government agencies to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus affect energy consumption.
How to Keep Your Customers Engaged During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Across the United States, nonessential businesses have been asked to shut down their regular business operations to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. The impact has been staggering to both small-business owners and their employees.
