NEED Curriculum Guides - By Grade Level - Primary (K-2) - Elementary (3-5) - Intermediate (6-8) - Secondary (9-12)
NEED Curriculum Guides - By Subject
NEED Curriculum Guides - By Title

2008-2009 NEED Energy Kit Components:

2008-2009 Catalog and Membership Guide
Want to learn more about NEED products and services? NEED to print out a Catalog Order Form? Need information about ordering specific pieces of NEED's hands-on kits?

Blueprint for Success (PDF)
Our guide to designing your energy education programs. This document includes assessment materials and information on the NEED Online Pre and Post Poll/Energy Knowledge Assessment. PDFs of the Primary Poll, Elementary Poll, Intermediate Poll, and Secondary Poll are available online. Answer keys are available for teachers in the Blueprint for Success. An online pre and post assessment is available on line.

Projects and Activities provides schools with opportunities for outreach.

NEED Energy Infobooks
Available in 4 levels - Primary, Elementary, Intermediate, and Secondary!

2008 Pricelists for NEED Kits and Consumables

Primary Science of Energy Kits

Elementary and Secondary Science of Energy Kits

ElectroWorks Kits

EnergyWorks Kits

H2 Educate (Hydrogen) Kits

Solar Kits

Wind Kits

Energy Management Kits

Exploring Magnets Kits

For information on ordering replacement parts, please contact NEED at 1-800-875-5029 or info@need.org.

Curriculum Correlations - National and State

NEED Curriculum Correlations to the National Science Education Standards for all grade levels. NEED has also correlated our materials to many State Education Standards.

If you need correlations of materials to your state standards, please contact NEED

NEED Resource Materials and New Materials for K-12

NEED’s Question Bank gives teachers the ability to customize evaluation tools for their energy units.

Introducing a new resource for teachers and students - an online bibliography of energy themed books.
NEED’s Energy Bibliography was prepared by NEED teacher advisory board members Constance Beatty, Scott Burch, Amy Constant and Debbie Fitton. This team of teachers searched the library and reviewed hundreds of energy related books. The best fiction and non fiction ones are compiled here. Search NEED’s online Energy Bibliography and find exactly what you need for your next lesson, reading group or energy club project.

"NEED" a Science Fair project? Here are some simple experiments! Before you start though, consult NEED's Energy Fair to learn more about planning a Science Fair Project.

The Energy Bike Guide provides instructions for assembling the Energy Bike and an extensive curriculum for using the Energy Bike to explore concepts of electricity.

Energy Rounds activities involve a classroom of students and help students make connections between the sources of energy and other topics.  (Grades 5-12)

Transparent Energy Graphics - Thumbnail Gallery of graphics can be used to pull energy graphics into student presentations.  To request a copy of the Transparent Energy Teacher Guide email NEED at info@need.org. 

Energy Web Game / School hang tags / Home hang tags
Buildings – homes and schools - are interactive systems consisting of occupants, mechanical systems, and the movement of heat, air, and moisture. All of these aspects relate to indoor air quality, the cost of energy, and environmental impacts. This activity helps students understand the systemic nature of energy use, and is a strong reinforcement tool for kinesthetic and visual learners.

Saving Energy for Students and Families - In Indiana and Kentucky, Duke Energy and the Indiana Office of Energy and Defense Development sponsor home energy efficiency kits and programming for teachers and students.  The Saving Energy Teacher and Student Guides provide teachers and students with simple lessons to understand energy efficiency and conservation around their home using low-cost energy efficiency measures. 

The new Energy Survey Teacher Guide and Student Guide were created to assist teachers and students who wish to expand their energy management activities beyond NEED's Learning and Conserving unit.  These "audit" activities help students understand building science and the many ways we reduce energy consumption in school buildings. 

NEED supports ENERGY STAR®‘s Change the World Campaign. Use this Teacher Guide to encourage students to share what they have learned about energy efficiency and conservation with their parents and community. Replacing lights with ENERGY STAR® qualified CFLs is just the beginning.

Wind Energy Curriculum

NEED's wind energy curriculum, sponsored by the American Wind Energy Association, is available on four levels with background information and hands-on activities to explore motion, weather, the history of wind, and modern wind technology.

The primary Wind Is Energy Kit (Grades K–1) has a Teacher Guide, student information in a storybook format, and suggested hands-on activities, with pinwheels, bubbles, a mini wind turbine, and a fan.

The elementary Wonders Of Wind Kit (Grades 2–3) comes with Teacher Guide, class set of Student Guides, and equipment to conduct hands-on experiments, including pinwheels, bubbles, materials to construct pinwheels and wind indicators, a mini wind turbine, and fan.

The intermediate Energy From The Wind Kit (Grades 4–6) comes with Teacher Guide, class set of Student Guides, and equipment to conduct hands-on experiments, including a KidWind Turbine, a Genecon, a wind gauge, materials to construct anemometers and wind indicators, materials to explore convection, a fan, and more.

The secondary Exploring Wind Energy Kit (Grades 7–12) comes with Teacher Guide, class set of Student Guides, and equipment to conduct hands-on experiments, including KidWind Turbines, a Genecon, a wind gauge, a fan, multimeters, materials to construct anemometers, and more.

The KidWind Project is partnering with NEED on the wind curriculum and KidWind Turbines are included in the Energy From The Wind and Exploring Wind Energy Kits. For more information on these turbines and other wind resources visit the KidWind website. 

The Schools Going Solar guide provides research activities for schools with installed photovoltaic systems.