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Learn about some of the extraordinary — and free — resources available for teachers and students on the U.S. Energy Information Administrations's Energy Kids page.

Learn about some of the extraordinary — and free — resources available for teachers and students on the U.S. Energy Information Administrations's Energy Kids page.

Top 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Energy: Back-to-School Edition
An LBNL scientist explains the properties of liquid nitrogen to students on Bring Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day. | Courtesy of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab | Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt.

Heading back to school? Here's some fun facts about energy that you can share with your classroom.

Training the Next Generation of Nuclear Energy Leaders
University of Idaho professor Supathorn Phongikaroon works with a graduate student in the radiochemistry lab at the Center for Advanced Energy Studies in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Phongikaroon has received $820,000 from DOE to study an applied technology to remotely analyze spent nuclear fuel. | Photo courtesy of the University of Idaho.

To train and educate the future leaders of the nuclear energy field, the Energy Department is offering $47.2 million in competitive scholarships, fellowships, research projects and university research reactor upgrades.

Building Tomorrow's Smart Grid Workforce Today
A student gets hands-on experience in the electric sector during an internship and mentoring program with Northeast Utilities, through ARRA workforce development funding. | Photo courtesy of Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.

Many community colleges, universities, utilities and manufacturers across America are taking smart, pragmatic steps to train the next generation of workers needed to modernize the nation’s electric grid.

National Science Bowl Brings Best and Brightest to DC
The National Science Bowl is the largest science competition in the United States with more than 14,000 participants. The 113 finalist teams converge here at the 4-H Convention Center, in Chevy Chase, M.D. on Saturday and Sunday for the round-robin tournament that determines who advances to the "final 8" teams that advance to final double-elimination round. | Photo courtesy of the National Science Bowl

The National Science Bowl Finals in Washington D.C. April 27 to 30 pit 113 high and middle school teams against one another answering questions Jeopardy-style about biology, chemistry, earth science, physics, astronomy, and math.

Students Save Energy & Money through America's Home Energy Education Challenge
Students from Carter County in Montana are the national winners of America's Home Energy Education Challenge. The team saved an average of 143 kilowatt hours per house... Enough to power a TV and Xbox 360 for 846 hours!

What if you could operate a TV and an Xbox 360 for 35 days without increasing your electricity bill?