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American Solar Energy Society, The
 | Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Web site |
| Summary: The American Solar Energy Society is a national organization dedicated to advancing the use of solar energy for the benefit of US citizens and the global enrivonment. ASES promotes the widespread near- and long-term use of solar energy. |
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Catching Sunshine
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Science Fair Projects |
| Summary: What is the Online Science-athon? The Science-athon offers elementary and middle-grade students opportunities to discover the science in their daily lives. Presented as challenges, the Science-athon asks students to investigate their world in ways that are eng... |
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Converting Solar Power to Electricity
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Fact sheet - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: Interactive look at the process of converting solar power to electricity. |
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Energy Efficiency World
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Experiment - Glossary - Web site |
| Summary: The Energy Efficiency World website is designed to educate 8- to 12-year-old students about energy, motivate them to make energy-saving behavioral changes, and encourage their families to do the same.
The site is geared for a range of interests and reading l... |
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Energy Kid's Page
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Fact sheet - Glossary - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours - Web site |
| Summary: Energy sections, puzzles, quizzes, games,Energy Ant field trips, activities, energy facts, historical time lines (on energy) and more combine to provide a valuable classroom resource. |
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Energy Library Books on Science
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Experiment - School Projects |
| Summary: Twenty-three books are recommended in this list from Energy Quest. Thse are books that provide lessons, experiments and project suggestions to enhance energy education in the classroom. |
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Energy Savers: A Consumer Guide to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Checklist - Fact sheet - List - Manual/Handbook - Web site |
| Summary: Learn what energy efficiency programs are going on in your state, and follow short cuts to technology information on appliances, all aspects of solar, geothermal, hydropower and wind energy. Use interactive evaluation tools, animations, fact sheets and more a... |
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Energy Star for K-12 School Districts
| Type: Article/Report - Case Study - Checklist - Classroom Lessons - Fact sheet - Holiday - List - Web site |
| Summary: ENERGY STAR is a government-backed program(EPA and DOE) helping businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency. ENERGY STAR provides tools and guidelines for energy management appropriate for school administrators; it pro... |
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Energy Story
| Type: Article/Report - BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Lessons - Fact sheet - Glossary - Manual/Handbook - School Projects |
| Summary: The Energy Story provides energy information on electricity (all types), fossil fuels, biomass, geothermal, hydro, nuclear, ocean, solar, wind, renewable vs nonrenewable, hydrogen and more. This is a 20 chapter introduction to energy appropriate for middle sc... |
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Following the Sun to Greener Buildings
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials |
| Summary: The EHP Online lessons provide students lessons that are based upon actual articles. The EHP summary for this lesson is as follows "Students read the articles Growing Green Communities and identify green building techniques that have environmental and health... |
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GIS Index of Maps
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Web site |
| Summary: ESRI's GIS has developed maps for various resources and for specific projects. Maps include interactive maps and renewable energy atlas of the west for biomass, geothermal, solar and wind; solar maps and maps of federal energy management programs. |
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Glossary of Related Solar Power Terms
Hot Water and Warm Homes from Sunlight
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Lessons - Experiment |
| Summary: Lessons
Author, Alan Gould, GEMS ISBN 0912511249 Students can learn about heat and actually build model homes and hot water heaters to apply concepts and test understanding. Books listed in Greening Schools BiblioResources have been... |
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Illinois Solar Energy Association
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Fact sheet - Web site |
| Summary: The Illinois Solar Energy Association (ISEA) was founded in 1975 and chartered by the State of Illinois in 1979. Our goal is to provide energy education and promote the application of solar and renewable energy technologies. ISEA is the Illinois chapter of t... |
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Illinois Solar Energy Association
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Fact sheet - Web site |
| Summary: Learn about solar events in Illinois, access solar fact sheets (specific to Illinois)and ISEA newsletters. |
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Illinois Solar Energy Association
| Grade Level: High School |
| Type: Fact sheet - Web site |
| Summary: The Illinois Solar Energy Association (ISEA) was founded in 1975 and chartered by the State of Illinois in 1979. Our goal is to provide energy education and promote the application of solar and renewable energy technologies. ISEA is the Illinois chapter of t... |
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Illinois Solar Energy Association
| Grade Level: Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Fact sheet - Web site |
| Summary: Learn about solar events in Illinois, access solar fact sheets (specific to Illinois)and ISEA newsletters. |
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Journey to Forever
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Materials - Web site |
| Summary: Journey to Forever is a pioneering expedition by a small mobile NGO involved in environment and rural development work, starting from Hong Kong and travelling 40,000 km through 26 countries in Asia and Africa to Cape Town, South Africa. Available in Spanish,... |
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Learning about Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Lessons - Fact sheet - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours - School Projects - Web site |
| Summary: If you're wondering what renewable energy and energy efficiency are all about, you've come to the right place. Here you'll find the answers to these questions: What Is Renewable Energy? Why Is Renewable Energy Important? Why Is Energy Efficiency Important? The... |
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Million Solar Roofs Initiative
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Web site |
| Summary: The Million Solar Roofs Initiative is a unique public-private partnership, aimed at overcoming barriers to market entry for selected solar technologies. The goal of the Initiative is practical and market-driven: to facilitate the sale and installation of one m... |
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Missouri Schools Going Solar Celebrates First Installation
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Case Study |
| Summary: Parkway Northeast Middle School became the first of 15 Missouri schools to receive an interconnected, one-kilowatt (kW) photovoltaic array, thanks to Missouri Schools Going Solar (MSGS), a solar energy education project created by the Missouri Department of Na... |
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - BiblioResources (Books) - Classroom Lessons - Manual/Handbook - Web site |
| Summary: NREL provides maps, resources and much more as part of their effort to secure an energy future for the nation that is environmentally and economically sustainable. |
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Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Checklist - Classroom Materials - Fact sheet - Web site |
| Summary: The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) is one of the nation’s leading regional education and advocacy associations that aims to accelerate the deployment and use of renewable energy, green buildings, and energy efficiency. NESEA produces major ev... |
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Peak Students.Net
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Materials - Fact sheet - School Projects - Web site |
| Summary: Students involved in PEAK projects can learn how to save family money on energy bills, discover why saving energy is good for the environment, gain knowledge about solar power and other renewable energy sources and chat with other PEAK students in california,... |
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Renewable Energy Lesson Plans
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Fact sheet |
| Summary: Renewable energy lessons for elementary, middle school and high school explore a variety of renewable energy forms using lessons and associated fact sheets. These are available online or they can be ordered at a web site provided (see Get Stuff). These lesson... |
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School Power Naturally In the Classroom
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Experiment |
| Summary: School Power Naturally offers solar energy curricular materials for students in grades 5 - 12. Developed for New York State, these are applicable to classroom everywhere. As of early 2006 there were 45 lessons, divided into Level II and Level III. They also... |
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Schools Going Solar
| Type: Article/Report - Case Study - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours - Web site |
| Summary: This is a guide to schools going solar, as well as solar power solutions and basics, pv installations and data, and other solar links. A video clip on solar power is provided, suggestions for financing solar schools, and creating better schools. You can obta... |
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Schools Going Solar
| Grade Level: Elementary - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Case Study - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours - Web site |
| Summary: This is a list of articles, case studies and additional reports on schools that are going solar, contests, and grants. |
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Schools in Illinois Going Solar
| Type: Case Study |
| Summary: This list provides a look at schools in the Chicago area and beyond the Chicago area that have selected to use solar energy in one way or another. |
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Solar
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Fact sheet |
| Summary: Grade appropriate fact sheet on solar energy.All NEED Curriculum Correlations to the National Science Education Standards for all grade levels. NEED has also correlated our materials to many State Education Standards. |
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Solar
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Fact sheet |
| Summary: Grade appropriate fact sheet on Solar Energy.All NEED Curriculum Correlations to the National Science Education Standards for all grade levels. NEED has also correlated our materials to many State Education Standards. |
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Solar box cookers
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials |
| Summary: Modern city dwellers are privileged: most people do not even have a switch to flip. Rice was cooked by the sun in a brown teapot, before we had a black cooking pot. It worked. Half the inhabitants of Earth cook over woodfires -- 45% of the world's wood is used... |
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Solar Cars: What's Up in the Environment
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Glossary |
| Summary: What's Up in the Environment projects are intended primarily for middle school students, but can be modified. They begin with an extensive description of the project’s objectives, standards, time and materials needed, computer requirements, and lists of on-lin... |
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Solar Cooking Archive
| Grade Level: Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Language Options - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours |
| Summary: Plans for making three different solar cookers (box-style, panel and parabolic) are provided. Documents inclucdes general information, newsletters, retained-heat cooking, and food drying. Photos on various cookers and designs, a slide show and solar cooking... |
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Solar Electric Power Association
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Case Study - Fact sheet - Web site |
| Summary: This is a guide to schools enjoying the benefits of solar energy. It offers an introduction to solar energy in US Schools, photovoltaics, passive solar and solar thermal, creating better schools and performance contracting. Additionally the site offers a list... |
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Solar Energy
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten |
| Summary: Grade appropriate fact sheet on solar energy.All NEED Curriculum Correlations to the National Science Education Standards for all grade levels. NEED has also correlated our materials to many State Education Standards. |
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Solar Energy International: Energy for a Sustainable Future
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Lessons - Web site |
| Summary: SEI provides a broad range of workshops in solar electricity, home design and natural house building, wind power, renewable fuels and more. They provide programs for youth camps, schools and design and equipment training. |
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Solar Matters I
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials |
| Summary: This unit provides an introduction to solar energy, the importance of it in our lives and its impact on the future of energy devleopment. Included is a solar bead activity, cooking tips, and solar cell simulation (and much more). Designed for grades K-2. |
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Solar Research
| Type: Article/Report - Web site |
| Summary: Solar Research information, high-performance photovoltaics, current technology for industry and home. |
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Solar Schools
| Grade Level: High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Classroom Materials - Database - Web site |
| Summary: This website allows students to participate in SolarQuest with other students from around the world who are taking the lead in using solar energy and cleaan energy resources. Schools can enroll and participate with others by sharing data. |
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Sustainable Development Project, Cochrane High School, Alberta, Canada
| Type: Article/Report - Case Study - Experiment - School Projects - Web site |
| Summary: In June 2000, two Cochrane High School science teachers decided to create a real-life example of sustainable development as a learning tool for their students. Their plan was to install solar panels and a wind turbine on the roof of the school. They gathered a... |
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Sustainable Transportation
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Lessons - Fact sheet - Web site - Workshops |
| Summary: NESEA (Northeast Sustainable Energy Association) provides educational materials including curricular units, lesson plans, activity planners and a searchable resource catalong and more. They also host workshops on transportation and energy related educational... |
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Teacher Resources, Florad Solar Energy Center
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School - Post-Secondary |
| Type: Article/Report - Classroom Games and Activities - Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials - Fact sheet - Powerpoints, videos and virtual tours - Web site |
| Summary: Links to solar resources, activities, and solar matters lessons can be accessed from this portal. For more technical information on solar energy, return to the Home Page. Included is a virtual tour of their new energy center. |
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Texas Solar Coloring Book
UV Bead Magic (Solar Beads)
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary |
| Type: Classroom Lessons - Classroom Materials |
| Summary: Using ultraviolet detecting beads, students will be able to explain how the amount of UV radiation varies in differing conditions of sun and shade and they will be able to explain the importance of using sunscreen. (A source for solar energy beads is www.teac... |
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Watts on Schools, Bringing Solar Energy to the Communities we Serve
| Grade Level: Elementary - Middle School/Junior High - High School |
| Type: Article/Report - Case Study - Database - Experiment - List - Web site |
| Summary: Move backwards and forward at this site dedicated to Solar Energy and you can learn about what schools are doing, calculate wattage, download data, find appropriate activities and learn about the photovoltaic systems. |
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What is Solar Energy?
| Grade Level: Elementary |
| Type: Fact sheet |
| Summary: Grade appropriate fact sheet on solar energy.All NEED Curriculum Correlations to the National Science Education Standards for all grade levels. NEED has also correlated our materials to many State Education Standards. |
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Why is it so hot when I sit next to the window?
| Grade Level: Pre-K thru Kindergarten - Elementary |
| Type: Classroom Lessons |
| Summary: This lesson is designed for K-5, subjects are science, math, and language arts. Students will learn how to reflect heat energy, how glass can transmit energy and they will demonstrate how this information can be used at home and in the community as well as in... |
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