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U.S. Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

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Teach your students the importance of green energy while enhancing your required curriculum. Here you'll find many creative lesson plans, labs, projects and other activities for grades K-12 on energy-related topics. Incorporate them into your classroom. Prepare your students for a greener future!

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The collection of energy-related lessons hosted on this website is dynamic. In an effort to provide the most up-to-date and useful information, lessons may be added, updated or removed from this database. Educators may find it helpful to save favorite lessons to their desktops.

For More Resources

Download the document Energy Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Energy Education, which identifies seven Essential Principles and a set of Fundamental Concepts to support each principle.

Find free federal science agencies' science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education content at ScienceEducation.gov.

Find training opportunities, professional development programs, and other events for educators on the NEED Project calendar.

Find information on the basics of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies that both you and your students can use at Energy Basics.

Check out Energy Kids, a site with games and activities for kids.

The U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools program recognizes schools that save energy, reduce costs, feature environmentally sustainable learning spaces, protect health, foster wellness, and offer environmental education to boost academic achievement and community engagement.

Find fun and introductory learning videos on energy efficiency and renewable energy at Energy 101. These videos provide a quick overview to different technologies and topics, including solar, wind, vehicles, biofuels and much more. Check out these videos through YouTube.