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RECYCLING & ENERGY EDUCATION PROGRAMS

	K-12 CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS KINDERGARTEN - Recycling & Energy Star Kids Respect the Earth - Recycling Symbols, Materials and Sorting FIRST GRADE - Recycling & Energy Star Kids Respect the Earth - Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources * Recycling Symbols, Materials and Sorting * The Great Green Wave-A Community Affair SECOND GRADE - Recycling & Energy Star Kids Respect the Earth - * Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources * Recycling Symbols, Materials and Sorting * The Great Green Wave-A Community Affair THIRD GRADE - Recycling & Energy Star Kids - * What's a Landfill and What's In One? * Natural Resources * Calculating Carbon Footprints FOURTH GRADE - Recycling & Landfills - * Energy, Electric Use, Fossil Fuels and Carbon Emissions * What Kids Can Do Reducing Energy Use - Save Energy...Save The Earth Renewable Energy Today - Solar Energy Today FIFTH GRADE - Recycling * Recycling in Your House, Your School, Your Neighborhood and Your Life * Recycling Programs Around the World Reducing Home Energy Use - Save Energy....Save the Earth Advancing Energy Use Reduction- Technologies That Help Save Energy - Infrared Thermography Renewable Energy - * Solar Energy & Photovoltaic Systems Today * Cool BioFuels SIXTH GRADE - Recycling- Respect Yourself, all People and The Earth Reducing Energy Use - The Cool Thing About Energy Use Behavior (You Can Teach a Nation New Tricks!) Renewable Energy Today - Solar Energy & Photovoltaic Systems Today Existing Building Energy Use vs Passive House Net Zero SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES - Recycling- Respect Yourself, all People and The Earth Reducing Energy Use- * Energy Use Behavior Retraining a Nation * Living with Respect to the Earth (Consumerism Gone Wild) Solar Energy & Photovoltaic Systems Existing Building Energy Use vs Passive House Net Zero (Energy Efficient Homes Cost Less to Operate) NINTH AND TENTH GRADES - Recycling- Making a Measurable Difference Reducing Energy Use - * Energy Use Reduction Technologies - Infrared Cameras, Demand Reduction Technologies, Appliances & More * The National Grid - Demand Reduction Goals * PUC - Act 129 and Utility Compliance * Energy Management Software Presentation Residential and Commercial Solar Energy Systems Today Renewable Energy Technologies- Solar, Wind and Tidal Turbines Existing Building Energy Use vs Passive House Net Zero ADVANCED SECONDARY CLASSROOMS - Public Utilities Commission - The Decompetition Law and Act 129 Policy Recycling Programs - Reality Check What's Working? Reducing Home Energy Use - What We all Need to Know and Fast Renewable Energy Today - What's Hot Photovoltaic Systems - Polysilicon, Monosilicon Solar Cells and Systems Solar Hot Water Evacuated Solar Tubes Advancements in Thin Film Development 101 Passive House 101 Start A Recycling Program TECHNICAL PROGRAMS SOLAR & PHOTOVOLTAIC PROGRAMS Properties of Silicon and Silicon Cell Manufacturing Solar Panel Manufacturing Solar System Installation Series Solar Sales World Wide PASSIVE HOUSE DESIGN Introduction to Passive House Design and Building - Net Zero Building- It's Where We Are Going! CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS Residential Building Science Preparatory Series - Offers Introductory Presentations in: Building Performance 101 - Diagnostic Home Energy Audits Building Types, Materials and Joins Building Diagnostics * Envelope - Air Leaks and Prescriptive Insulation Retrofits * HVAC and Duct Analysis Conducting Lighting and Appliance Inventories Building Codes and Home Appliance Standards EPA Lead Safety - Renovate Right Preparatory Program - Presentation includes delivery of the EPA RRP CFR 40- Renovator Training including all 8 modules delivered in eight - one hour prep segments as a prep to sit for EPA Renovator Training Course provided by Approved Lead Safety Training Provider. Energy Star Programs for Building Contractors- Energy Star for New Homes Home Performance with Energy Star EPA new Home Star Program Keystone HELP Program - Rebates and Efficiency Loan Program HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING PROGRAMS Building Performance Preparatory for Heating and Air Conditioning Energy Management for HVAC Systems - RESTAURANT AND HOSPITALITY PROGRAMS Energy Efficient Restaurants- High Performance Restaurants run in the Green! COMING SOON..... Automotive Technologies Transportation Systems COLLEGE & UNIVERSITIES 2003 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey—Overview of Commercial Buildings Characteristics The CBECS is a national-level sample survey of commercial buildings that are larger than 1,000 square feet in size. The 2003 CBECS is significant because it is the first to be conducted using a...

	2008 Professional Engineer's Guide to the ENERGY STAR ® Label for Commercial Buildings Since January 1999, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) has provided the public with the means to quickly and easily assess, or benchmark, the energy performance of commercial...

	A Do-It-Yourself Guide To Energy Star Home Sealing This is a very well done guide to sealing up air leaks in your home. Lots of good how-to pictures. A couple small add-ons I would make: - Replacing older can lights so that you can insulate right...

	A Primer on Gasoline Prices Gasoline is one of the major fuels consumed in the United States and the main product refined from crude oil. Consumption in 2007 was about 142 billion gallons, an average about 390 million gallons...

	A Primer on Oil Markets and Prices The development of the Internet has provided a new world of data availability and access. Yet navigating to the information you want can be time consuming. Oil Market Basics (OMB) is uniquely suited...

	Advanced 3 Phase Wind Turbine Kit This kit is designed for advanced students and is based around a model developed and distributed by Ed Lenz at Wind Stuff Now. Ed is a great wind energy explorer and has created a fantastic build...

	AGORES: A Global Overview of Renewable Energy Sources Provides a comprehensive directory of renewable energy resources. The mission of AGORES is to promote the European Union?s strategy of achieving a significant increase in renewables use (12% of RES...

	Assessment Question Bank: Elementary Level: Conservation and Efficiency: Application Questions NEED’s Question Bank gives teachers the ability to customize evaluation tools for their energy units. There are questions at four grade levels: Primary, Elementary, Intermediate and Secondary. At...

	Assessment Question Bank: Elementary Level: Conservation and Efficiency: Comprehension Questions NEED’s Question Bank gives teachers the ability to customize evaluation tools for their energy units. There are questions at four grade levels: Primary, Elementary, Intermediate and Secondary. At...

	Assessment Question Bank: Elementary Level: Conservation and Efficiency: Knowledge Questions NEED’s Question Bank gives teachers the ability to customize evaluation tools for their energy units. There are questions at four grade levels: Primary, Elementary, Intermediate and Secondary. At...

	Assessment Question Bank: Elementary Level: Electricity and Electric Power: Application Questions NEED’s Question Bank gives teachers the ability to customize evaluation tools for their energy units. There are questions at four grade levels: Primary, Elementary, Intermediate and Secondary. At...

	Assessment Question Bank: Elementary Level: Electricity and Electric Power: Comprehension Questions NEED’s Question Bank gives teachers the ability to customize evaluation tools for their energy units. There are questions at four grade levels: Primary, Elementary, Intermediate and Secondary. At...

	Assessment Question Bank: Elementary Level: Electricity and Electric Power: Knowledge Questions NEED’s Question Bank gives teachers the ability to customize evaluation tools for their energy units. There are questions at four grade levels: Primary, Elementary, Intermediate and Secondary. At...

	Assessment Question Bank: Elementary Level: Science of Energy and Forms of Energy: Knowledge Questions NEED’s Question Bank gives teachers the ability to customize evaluation tools for their energy units. There are questions at four grade levels: Primary, Elementary, Intermediate and Secondary. At..

Assessment Question Bank: Elementary Level: Science of Energy and Forms of Energy: Application Questions
NEED’s Question Bank gives teachers the ability to customize evaluation tools for their energy units. There are questions at four grade levels: Primary, Elementary, Intermediate and Secondary. At...

TEACHER RESOURCES

"Community Conservation Challenge" Energy Conservation Classroom-in-a-Box More than 1,000 fourth and fifth grade classrooms received an Energy conservation Classroom-in-a-Box. Fifty-nine utilities across Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Washington participated in the BPA...

	"Energy for Keeps" Electricity from Renewable Energy This manual is a teacher's guide to energy conservation activities for elementary and middle school students, developed in Eugene, Oregon, in 1993 with a grant from Bonneville Power Administration.

	A Pre-Treatment Model for Ethanol Production Using a Colorimetric Analysis of Starch Solutions This module focuses on the production of sugar (glucose and maltose) from cornstarch. There are three activities: * The first lesson from this module compares glucose production from...

	Alliance for Energy Kids' Page It doesn't matter how young or old you are - if you can read this, you can help your parents reduce home energy use and therefore reduce their energy bills. Why should you care? It leaves more money...

	Alternative Fuels Used in Transportation Gasoline is the most commonly used fuel for transportation; however, there are multiple alternative fuels that are making their way to the market. These alternative fuels include propane, natural gas...

	An Interactive Tool for Saving Energy at Home A cute new tool from Energy Star that identifies energy saving tips on a room by room basis. You can give to your kids, and let them nag you into making some energy saving changes to make the planet...

	Arizona Solar Center Education Resources Renewable resources for student activities, competitions, modules and lesson plans.

	Biodiesel for Kids A brief information sheet for lower level elementary school students.

	Biodiesel School Curriculum This booklet provides background information on biodiesel as an alternative transportation fuel at three reading levels -- elementary, intermediate, and secondary -- with activities to reinforce...

Biofuel Utilization
These three activities introduce students to biofuel utilization and will help students understand that using biomass for energy production is much more than just burning wood. There is also material...

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Penn Future Nonprofit focused on Energy and the Environment in PA

Energy Information Administration, DOE's comprehensive energy information site

The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research

International Council for Local Environmental Issues-Energy & Weatherization

Future Source. Energy Fuel Investment and Futures Guide.

http://www.fuelingthefuture.org - Information about Natural Gas and New Technologies.

http://www.energycentral.com/ - Energy Central. News and info in the Electric fields.

http://www.eren.doe.gov/- Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy .

http://www.awea.org/default.htm - The American Wind Energy Association

http://www.electricnet.com/content/homepage/ - Electric products and Information

http://www.aceee.org/altsites/index.htm - American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

http://www.worldenergyonline.com/ - World Energy Online.

http://www.utilityguide.com/ - Find Electric Power Utility Options by State and Service Area.

http://www.wattagemonitor.com/ - Find Electric Power Utility Options by State and Service Area.

http://www.edf.org/programs/Energy/green_power/d_sources.html - Energy Defense Organization.

VIDEOS -

Energy Use, Consumerism and Media

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKH4YGKnOSs&feature=related - Corporate Marketing to Kids, EDUCATION FOUNDATION http://www.mediaed.org, March 14, 2008

ENERGY STAR PROGRAMMABLE THERMOSTATS

http://www.youtube.com/user/youareanenergystar#p/u/1/sCR9SD4sTng - ENERGY STAR PROGRAMMABLE THERMOSTATS, Department of Environmental Protection, Energy Star Program, www.energystar.gov, June 4, 2008

CARBON FOOTPRINT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dn1DXAhf1w - How well can we assess and improve building energy performance in California homes? How much energy—and carbon—do homes use in other parts of the world? Rick Diamond, deputy group leader of the National BerKley Laboratories Energy Performance of Buildings Group. March 19, 2008

References:
www.eerl.org, www.need.org, www.epa.gov, www.iea.doe.gov, www.biodiesel.org, www.bentley.com, www.nwf.org, www.azsolarcenter.com, www.kidwind.org, www.bpa.gov, www.agores.org, www.energyforkeeps.org, www.apt-energy.com, www.energystar.gov, www.motherearthnews.com,

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