Resources

Energy production

Interactive map from Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

https://cogccmap.state.co.us/cogcc_gis_online/

Calculate solar potential and return from rooftop PV

http://pvwatts.nrel.gov/pvwatts.php

There's no such thing as a free megawatt: Hydrofracking as a Gateway Drug to Energy Literacy
A brief introduction to the Marcellus Shale and the broader energy system -- Don Duggan Haas

https://prezi.com/em-or03bprhy/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-free-megawatt-hydrofracking-as-a-gateway-drug-to-energy-literacy/

calcWIND App (iOS)

http://appsto.re/us/21bWz.i

calcWIND Lite is an educational tool that assembles four different, stand-alone formulas that estimate a wind turbine's annual output.

Chesapeake Energy horizontal drilling method - video

Chesapeake Energy hydraulic fracturing method - video

Critical Materials Institute

https://cmi.ameslab.gov/

The Critical Materials Institute focuses on technologies that make better use of materials and eliminate the need for materials that are subject to supply disruptions.

Renewable Energy Resources

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/index/tech.html

EERE

http://energy.gov/eere/about-us/technology-areas-and-offices

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Energy economics

Colorado Cleantech Industries Association

http://www.coloradocleantech.com

The Colorado Cleantech Industries Association represents the interests of the state's cleantech industry.

Colorado Business Economic Outlook

http://www.colorado.edu/business/sites/default/files/attached-files/2015%20Colorado%20Business%20Economic%20Outlook.pdf

Advanced Technology Environmental and Energy Center

http://ateec.org/

Colorado Renewable Energy Society (speakers, events and Colorado policy)

http://cres-energy.org

Energy jobs

Environmental and Energy Study Institute--Fact Sheet: Jobs in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (2015)

http://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-jobs-in-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency-2015

This fact sheet examines employment in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors in the United States and around the world.

Colorado Workforce Development Council

http://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cwdc/colorado-talent-pipeline-report

InTeGrate: Understand Workforce Needs

https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/programs/workforceprep/needs.html
Preparing the workforce for a sustainable future requires knowledge of the current state of the workforce as well as an understanding of future trends. Explore: Workforce overview, Workforce outlook, Needed competencies, Employer perspectives

Veterans Green Jobs

http://veteransgreenjobs.org

NREL

http://www.nrel.gov/education

The Workforce Development and Education Programs ensure that the Department of Energy (DOE), national laboratories, and the nation have a sustained pipeline of highly skilled and diverse science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workers.

Defining Energy Technologies and Services Report

http://ateec.org/defining-energy-technologies-and-services-report/

Defining Energy Technologies and Services Careers Chart

http://ateec.org/defining-energy-technologies-and-services-careers-chart/

AWEA - American Wind Energy Association (Updated workforce and production data)

http://www.awea.org

Energy education

U.S. Energy Information Administration

http://www.eia.gov/

CLEAN collection: peer reviewed set of energy and climate learning resources

http://www.cleanet.org

InTeGrate: reviewed set of interdisciplinary sustainability focused modules and courses

http://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/index.html

In the Trenches July 2015: Teaching About Fracking and the Energy System

http://nagt.org/nagt/publications/trenches/issues/jul15.html

On the Cutting Edge: Teaching About Energy in Geoscience Courses

http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/energy/index.html

The results of this Cutting Edge workshop include collections of teaching activities, course descriptions, visualizations, and other pedagogic resources such as Teaching Energy with Quantitative Skills.

CLEAN: Teaching Energy Science

https://www.energy.gov/eere/education/energy-literacy-essential-principles-energy-education

This website from CLEAN explores the energy literacy principles found in the Energy Literacy Framework, and provides scaffolding for teaching the energy science.

On the Cutting Edge: Teaching Controverial Topics

http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/affective/controversial.html

In order to teach controversial topics effectively, we must be especially aware of the role of the affective domain and the potential for affective roadblocks. If a contentious topic doesn't sit well emotionally, then students may be unable to learn the science.

Pedagogy in Action: Using Socioscientific Issues-Based Instruction

http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/issues/index.html

Education research on using socioscientific issues to teach science has shown that it increases student interest and motivation, improves the development of their higher order thinking skills, and increases their understanding of the nature of science. This pedagogic module from Pedagogy in Action provides the What, Why, and How of doing that.

Pedagogy in Action: Structured Academic Controversy

http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/sac/index.html

Students learn to apply decision-making and problem-solving skills when discussing topics of importance to them. Unlike debates, which typically force a decision between two ideas that may or may not be mutually exclusive, Structured Academic Controversies encourage students to think about the complexities and ambiguities that often characterize controversial issues.

Critical Materials Institute, Colorado School of Mines--Education and Outreach

http://inside.mines.edu/CMI-education-outreach

ColoradoInCollege.org

https://secure.collegeincolorado.org/

Research Experience for Community College Students (RECCS)

http://cires.colorado.edu/education/outreach/projects/reccs/

Supporting and Advancing Geoscience Education in Two-year Colleges (SAGE 2YC) Program - Workforce, Transfer, and Careers

http://serc.carleton.edu/sage2yc/workforce/index.html

Geoscience Careers, Employer Perspectives, Supporting Transfer Students, Integrating Careers and Professional Development into Programs

U.S. Energy Information Administration, EIA; Current Trends and energy for Kids/Teachers

http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=6

Teacher & student resources

http://www.i2u2.org/elab/cosmic/home/project.jsp

Science to the classroom

https://www.scienceintheclassroom.org/about-us

InTeGrate: Develop Cultural Competency

http://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/programs/diversity/dev_cultural_comp.html

InTeGrate: Supporting the Whole Student

http://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/programs/diversity/whole_student.html

SAGE 2YC: Supporting the Whole Student

https://serc.carleton.edu/sage2yc/whole_student.html

Starting Point: Teaching Introductory Geoscience Cooperative Learning

http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/cooperative/index.html

SAGE 2YC: Undergraduate Research with 2YC Students

https://serc.carleton.edu/sage2yc/undergrad_research/index.html

This suite of webpages addresses the particular opportunities and issues of implementing student research with students at or from two-year colleges.