Alabama Energy Education Program

Elementary Lessons and Supporting Materials

Energy efficiency

Renewable energy

Impact of utilization of energy sources on the environment and the economy

Building science technology

Energy sources (types of energy) and impact of their utilization (transfer of energy, motion and forces)

 

Energy management for home and automotive use

Energy Star

Energy Related Careers

Investigating Energy Transformations (grades 3-5) lesson

Properties of Matter (grades 3-5) lesson

Sunlight and Plants (grades 3-5) lesson

Testing Materials for Electrical Conductivity (grades 4-8) lesson

Energy Flow in the Arctic Biosphere (K-5) lesson

Heat and Temperature: Is There a Difference? (grades 3-5) lesson

Dr. E’s Energy Lab

What does an environmental specialist do? (grades 3-5)

Investigating surface tension (grades 4-8) lesson

Orientation of the Earth in Space (grades 4-5) lesson

Energy: What is it? Lesson 1 Discovering Students Alternative Conceptions about Energy (grades 4-6)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 1 Discovering Students Alternative Conceptions about Energy (grades 4-6)

Fusion and Fission Energy – Early Concepts: Am Oil-Drop Model of a Splitting Atom (grades 4-6) lesson

Energy: What is it? Lesson 1 Discovering Students Alternative Conceptions about Energy (grades 4-6)

Changing My Energy Use (grades 3-5)

What does a geologist do? (grades K-2)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 1 Discovering Students Alternative Conceptions about Energy(grades 4-6)

Water Cycle (grades 2-5) lesson

Energy: What is it? Lesson 2 Looking at Energy (grades 4-6)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 2 Looking at Energy (grades 4-6)

Oil Reserves and Drilling (grades 4-8) lesson

Energy: What is it? Lesson 2 Looking at Energy (grades 4-6)

Changing My Energy Use #3: Understanding Wattage (grades3-5)

 

Energy: What is it? Lesson 2 Looking at Energy (grades 4-6)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 1 Discovering Students Alternative Conceptions about Energy (grades 4-6)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 4 Out and Back Again Can (grades 4-6)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 4 Out and Back Again Can (grades 4-6)

Modeling Nuclear Fission (grades 4-9) lesson

Energy: What is it? Lesson 3 Potential and Kinetic Energy (grades 4-6)

Changing My Energy Use #4: Bulb Energy Efficiency

 

Energy: What is it? Lesson 3 Potential and Kinetic Energy (grades 4-6)

 

Energy: What is it? Lesson 2 Looking at Energy (grades 4-6)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 5 The Popcorn Experience (grades 4-6)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 5 The Popcorn Experience(grades 4-6)

Indirect Observations (grades 4-8) lesson

Energy: What is it? Lesson 4 Out and Back Again Can(grades 4-6)

Changing My Energy Use #5: Solar Heat (grades 3-5)

 

Energy: What is it? Lesson 4 Out and Back Again Can(grades 4-6)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 3 Potential and Kinetic Energy (grades 4-6)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 6 All Kinds of Energy (grades 4-6)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 6 All Kinds of Energy(grades 4-6)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 1 Discovering Students Alternative Conceptions about Energy (grades 4-6)

 

Energy: What is it? Lesson 5 The Popcorn Experience (grades 4-6)

Changing My Energy Use #6: Plants Help Energy Efficiency (grades 3-5)

 

Energy: What is it? Lesson 5 The Popcorn Experience (grades 4-6)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 4 Out and Back Again Can (grades 4-6)

ADECA Energy Education (Grades K-12)

Energy and Machines Lesson 2: kinetic and potential energy (grades 3-5)

 

Energy: What is it? Lesson 2 Looking at Energy (grades 4-6)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 6 All Kinds of Energy (grades 4-6)

Changing My Energy Use #7: What Does Our electric Meter Tell Us? (grades 3-5)

 

Energy: What is it? Lesson 6 All Kinds of Energy (grades 4-6)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 5 The Popcorn Experience (grades 4-6)

Dr. E’s Energy Lab

Energy and Machines Lesson 4: Energy and Compound Machines (grades 3-5)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 4 Out and Back Again Can (grades 4-6)

Energy and Machines Lesson 3: Friction and Simple Machines (grades 3-5)

Changing My Energy Use #8: What Will I Do to be More Energy efficient? (grades 3-5)

 

Energy and Machines Lesson 1: Forms of Energy (grades 3-5)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 6All Kinds of Energy (grades 4-6)

School Yard Reclamation (grades 5-8) National Energy Foundation

Energy and Machines: Final Assessment Rubric (grades 3-5)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 5 The Popcorn Experience (grades 4-6)

Energy and Machines Lesson 4: Energy and Compound Machines (grades 3-5)

Energy in Automobiles 2: Oil and Hydrogen (grades 3-4)

 

Energy and Machines Lesson 2: Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy (grades 3-5)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 1 Discovering Students Alternative Conceptions about Energy (grades 4-6)

 

National Energy Foundation free Natural Gas Materials for Teachers (grades K-12)

Energy and Machines: Going further: Research Activities (grades 3-5)

Energy: What is it? Lesson 6 All Kinds of Energy (grades 4-6)

Energy and Machines: Final Assessment Rubric (grades 3-5)

Conserving Fossil Fuels (grades 1-3)

 

Roller Coaster Energy Activity (Potential and Kinetic Energy) (grades 5-8)

National Energy Foundation

 

Energy and Machines Lesson 2: Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy (grades 3-5)

Conserving Fossil Fuels (grades 1-3)

Nuclear Power: A Report from the Energy Ant – My Trip to the North Anna Power

Station (grades 4-6)

Energy and Machines Lesson 3: Friction and Simple Machines (grades 3-5)

Energy and Machines: Going further: Research Activities (grades 3-5)

Using energy Efficiently (grades 2-4)

 

Energy and Machines: Final Assessment Rubric (grades 3-5)

Energy and Machines: Final Assessment Rubric (grades 3-5)

Changing My Energy Use (grades 3-5)

ADECA Energy Resources (Grades K-12)

Energy and Machines Lesson 4: Energy and Compound Machines (grades 3-5)

ADECA Energy Resources (Grades K-12)

Is Energy Being Wasted? (grades 1-3)

 

Energy and Machines: Going further: Research Activities (grades 3-5)

Energy and Machines: Going further: Research Activities (grades 3-5)

Changing My Energy Use #2: Energy at School (grades 3-5)

School Yard Reclamation (grades 5-8) National Energy Foundation

Energy and Machines: Final Assessment Rubric (grades 35)

School Yard Reclamation (grades 5-8) National Energy Foundation

Finding and Stopping Drafts (K-1)

 

ADECA Energy Resources (Grades K-12)

ADECA Energy Resources (Grades K-12)

Changing My Energy Use #3: Understanding Wattage (grades 3-5)

National Energy Foundation free Natural Gas Materials for Teachers (grades K-12)

Energy and Machines: Going further: Research Activities (grades 3-5)

Roller Coaster Energy Activity (Potential and Kinetic Energy) (grades 5-8) National Energy Foundation

Conserving energy (kindergarten)

 

Dr. E’s Energy Lab

Dr. E’s Energy Lab

Changing My Energy Use #4: Bulb Energy Efficiency

Conserving Fossil Fuels (grades 1-3)

ADECA Energy Resources (Grades K-12)

National Energy Foundation free Natural Gas Materials for Teachers (grades K-12)

Conserving Electrical Energy lesson (grades 3-8) American Coal Foundation

 

Get Your Motor Running: An Energy Transformation Activity(grades 5-8)  National Energy Foundation

National Energy Foundation free Natural Gas Materials for Teachers (grades K-12)

Changing My Energy Use #5: Solar Heat (grades 3-5)

Using Energy Efficiently (grades 2-4)

Dr. E’s Energy Lab

Conserving Fossil Fuels (grades 1-3)

Comparing Light Bulbs (Grades K-5)

 

National Energy Foundation free Natural Gas Materials for Teachers (grades K-12)

Solar Matters I. Solar energy unit (grades k-2) Florida Solar Energy Center

Changing My Energy Use #6: Plants Help Energy Efficiency (grades 3-5)

Making Light 1: Simple Circuits (grades 2-4)

School Yard Reclamation (grades 5-8) National Energy Foundation

Conserving Electrical Energy lesson (grades 3-8) American Coal Foundation

Elementary Lesson Plans

 

Limited Energy Resources: Using What We Have Wisely (grades 2-4)

Solar Matters II. Solar energy unit (grades 3-5) Florida Solar Energy Center

Energy in Automobiles 2: Oil and Hydrogen (grades 3-4)