Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel

Education Sites

• Ohio Energy Project -- This K12 project offers energy education resources for teachers. Few resources are online so far, but the site offers information about educational books, games, videos, and audiotapes that can be ordered for classrooms.
• Energy Quest -- aimed at elementary students. This site from the California Energy Commission includes sections on energy conservation, renewable energy, famous scientists, and nuclear energy, plus educational puzzles and games.
• ABC's of Nuclear Science -- aimed at high school/college students and interested adults. Offers lots of information about nuclear structure, radioactivity and radioactive decay, nuclear reactions, fission, fusion, cosmic rays, and radiation safety. Includes radioactivity experiments for college or advanced high school students.
• Roofus' Solar Home -- aimed at elementary students. Offers information and tips on using the power of the sun to save energy throughout the house. Includes fun activities for kids.
• Clean Energy Basics -- aimed at a general audience. This excellent site contains in-depth educational sections on energy sources from the wind, sun, water, plants, and the Earth's heat. Also offers practical information for consumers and businesses.
• Electricity and Magnetism -- aimed at middle school/high school students. This educational module covers static charge, moving charge, voltage, resistance, and current. Magnetism and how it relates to electricity is also be presented. Requires the Shockwave browser plug-in.

• Natural Gas Information and Educational Resources -- aimed at a general audience. Offers an overview of natural gas, and historical, political, technological, and environmental information. Also includes a glossary, a bibliography, and a guide to associations.
• DOE's Natural Gas Page -- aimed at a college/adult audience. Contains market data and other business information.
• SafeGasOhio -- aimed at a general audience. The Ohio Gas Association is made up of all natural gas provider companies in the state of Ohio. They are currently promoting a year-long natural gas safety campaign to all Ohioans.

• The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC)
  Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau contains information about national telecommunications issues. In addition, by clicking here consumers can file complaints regarding such issues as junk faxes, Do-Not-Call violations and prerecorded telephone messages.
• The American Experience: The Telephone -- aimed at a general audience. Information about the PBS program of the same name. Includes a transcript of the program, photos, short historical sections, a bibliography, and a teachers' guide.
• Telephone History from Tom Farley -- aimed at a general audience. Photos and diagrams accompany the three chapters of this in-depth mini-textbook on telephone history.
• A Short History of Fiber Optics -- aimed at a college/adult audience. Reproduced from Fiber Optics Technician's Handbook.
• How Telephones Work -- a nice overview of how telephones work. Accompanied by simple graphics.
• The Telephone Technology Page -- aimed at a general audience. This is a very good links site; from here you can find information on practically every aspect of telephony imaginable.

• Water Science For Schools -- aimed at older primary and secondary students. Offers information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and test your water knowledge.
• Drinking Water Activities For Teachers and Students -- aimed at K12 students and their teachers. The Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water has compiled resources especially for kids to learn more about drinking water.
• Hydrology Web -- aimed at a college/adult audience. This site contains links to a wide range of water science sites.
• The History of Plumbing -- aimed at a general audience. Interesting illustrated articles on plumbing throughout the ages.
• Ohio Department of Natural Resources: Project WET -- aimed at K12 teachers. Includes information Water Education for Teachers (WET) program, newsletters, and links to other sites.

• National Institute for Consumer Education -- this site from Eastern Michigan University is intended to empower people to become informed consumers, reasoned decision makers and participating citizens in a global marketplace.
• National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) - This association of consumer advocates has members in more than 40 states and the District of Columbia. NASUCA's members are designated by the laws of their respective jurisdictions to represent the interests of utility consumers before state and federal regulators and in the courts. To find an advocate’s office, click here for NASUCA’s membership directory.
• Economic Education Web -- this resource from the University of Nebraska at Omaha Center for Economic Education provides economic education resources for all grade levels.
• Consumer Information Center -- full text versions of hundreds of the best federal consumer publications are available for free viewing here.
• Consumers' Union -- this nonprofit site from the publishers of Consumer Reports provides a variety of educational and informational materials.