A multi-day home energy audit lesson which allows students to work with their family to explore energy usage in their homes.
Place-Based Learning
Generation 180 is a nonprofi working to inspire and equip people to take action on clean energy. The site includes a wealth of resources for engaging student's in exploring how they use energy, understanding how energy decisions are made, and providing them with tools so they can take big or small actions to promote clean energy locally. Two features include the Energy Challenge (to organize class/local challenges) and the Boot Camp virtual course. The site also has reports on school solar, with success stories, trends, and guide for including solar in your school.
The American Jobs Project develops practical, customized strategies to promote economic development and advanced energy jobs. They have published state-level industry reports highlighting opportunities in Advanced Energy for 24 states for the next 10 years. These can be great ways to identify Career-Connected Learning opporunities and industry partners in your state.
DSIRE is the most comprehensive source of information on incentives and policies that support renewable energy and energy efficiency in the United States. It includes national, state and local policies and incentives for all 50 states and DC.
A great learning framework for place- and field-based seasonal exploration, which is an essential aspect of understanding local resources and seasonality that affects energy generation sources and usage. Includes curricular materials in English and Spanish, and materials and family materials and activities as well.
Interactive Map featuring sources of energy and consumption. Great tool for engaging students in understanding where their energy comes from locally and from what sources.
Great synopsis of historical and future problems with energy supply and management in the Pacific Northwest. Strong utility policy focus, with good info in the context of Integrated Resource Plans and Renewable Portfolio Standards.
A 45 minute stand-alone lesson that has students exploring how energy is used in their home, and taking data to calculate energy use and support considerations of how to conserve energy in the home.
A superb research resource for MS and HS students that provides state-by-state data on energy consumption, generation and costs. Also includes state rankings for various energy sources, and individual generation facilities in an interactive map so students can understand what resources and sources of energy and present locally, as well as the grid interconnections. The EIA site also a links to a wealth of other energy data and reports for more detailed analysis, inluding near-term energy forecasts.
National database that allows users to access a wealth of local and state energy information, in both table and graph formats. Data include energy consumption, energy sources, local energy organizations, energy policies, and energy costs. An excellent resource for place-based research.
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