Clean Energy Topic: Energy Careers
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STEP: Smart Grid and Energy
In this muti-day lesson, students will explore smart grid technologies and energy concepts through activities focused on energy consumption and an introduction to green jobs.
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A Guide to Electrify the Future: Converting Vehicles and Preparing Automotive Students for the Road Forward
This guide from Green Learning provides the pathway of a yearlong automotive CTE Course where students are engaged in the conversion of internal combustion vehicles to electric vehicles and installing charging station infrastructure. Captured in the guide are processes, examples, outcomes, and learnings from several high schools implementing this work.
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Transportation Fuels: The Future is Today
In this unit students will learn about conventional and alternative transportation fuels, as well as conduct research on transportation fuels. As lessons progress, students participate in synthesis activities where they apply their learning to provide support for their choice of an alternative fuel vehicle for personal use and then develop a plan for a community…
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REVIT’s Fueling the Future: What Energy Source Used by Cars is Best for the Environment
Students learn how burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change, leading to more extreme weather and frequent outages. By exploring solutions, students see how communities can adapt, mitigate impacts, and build resilience, empowering them to think critically about energy and climate action.
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REVIT’s Crash Course in Car Design: How Can We Design a Car of the Future That Balances Cost, Safety, and Performance?
In this REVIT unit, students will explore how to design and market a car by addressing the driving question, “How can we design a car of the future that balances cost, safety, and performance?” to collaboratively design, build, and test a pinewood car that maximizes efficiency, protects an egg from the impact of a crash,…
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Clean Water Power: Wind, Waves, and Moving Water
This unit strives to answer the question: “How can the power of moving help communities by generating electricity?” Through a variety of lessons centered on the phenomena of the power of moving water, students will develop skills in circuits, model building, and testing. Students will explore issues surrounding clean water, energy, and careers.
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Careers in Renewable Energy
Students create a trading card about a career in renewable energy that interests them. Students can also explore different careers in Hydropower through a “Hydropower Careers Guess Who” game.
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Career Profiles in Hydropower
This collection of introductory videos will allow students to explore real careers in the hydropower industry. While not necessarily a lesson plan, these tools fit into any unit emphasizing career-connected learning, with all careers having direct connections to scientific and/or professional expertise. This is a teacher recommended resource.