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Evaluating the Effects of Local Energy Resource Development part of CLEAN Collection

https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/energy/activitie...

Devin Castendyk
This is a semester-long jigsaw project in which students work in teams to explore the effects of energy resource development on local water resources, economics, and society. Students are presented ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science:Energy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Energy flows part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.need.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Energy-F...

NEED Project - Putting Energy into Education
This activity introduces students to different forms of energy, energy transformations, energy storage, and the flow of energy through systems. Students learn that most energy can be traced back to ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Energy Infrastructure, Environmental Science:Energy, Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Global energy balance, Solar radiation
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Energy Consumption Rates across the USA and the World part of CLEAN Collection

https://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/google_earth/exampl...

Glenn A. Richard
Students use Google Earth to analyze oil consumption per capita in the US and around the world. Students then use spreadsheets to create graphs and calculate statistics regarding per capita energy ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Energy Policy, Environmental Science:Energy, Energy:Energy Policy , Fossil Fuels
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Oil Spill Cleanup part of CLEAN Collection

http://www.teachengineering.com/view_activity.php?url=ht...

Sharon D. Perez-Suarez, Melissa Straten, Malinda Schaefer Zarske, Janet Yowell
This hands-on activity will provide students with an understanding of the issues that surround environmental clean-up. Students will create their own oil spill, try different methods for cleaning it ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy, Energy:Fossil Fuels
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Global Climate Change: The Effects of Global Warming part of CLEAN Collection

https://rmpbs.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.es...

Teachers
The activity follows a progression that examines the CO2 content of various gases, explores the changes in the atmospheric levels of CO2 from 1958 to 2000 from the Mauna Loa Keeling curve, and the ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science:Energy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Atmospheric structure and composition, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Car of the Future part of CLEAN Collection

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/activities/3507_ca...

Jeff Lockwood
In this activity, student teams research and develop a proposal to decrease the carbon footprint of their city's/town's public transportation system and then prepare a report that explains ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Energy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Energy Infrastructure, Fossil Fuels
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Plugged in to CO2 part of CLEAN Collection

https://scied.ucar.edu/activity/plugged-co2

Lisa Gardiner, Marie Johnson, Jonathan Hoffman
In this classroom activity, students measure the energy use of various appliances and electronics and calculate how much carbon dioxide (CO2) is released to produce that energy.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Communications Booster: The Great "LOCAL AND RENEWABLE" Energy Debate: Adapting Lessons for Place-based Politics and Student-centered Learning part of CLEAN:CLEAN Network:Teaching Materials
Daniel Steinberg, Princeton University
Dan Steinberg, Princeton University Serena Poli, Eastern Michigan University Nicole Colston, Oklahoma State University This page builds on the CLEAN reviewed activities Evaluating the Effects of Local Energy ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Energy Infrastructure, Energy Principles , Energy Policy , Environmental Science:Policy:Energy Policy, Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Renewable & Alternative Energy, Nuclear Energy

Virtual Oil Well Game part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Games:Examples
Teaching Material by American Geological Institute - Starting Point page by R.E. Teed (SERC)
This strategy game has players prospect for oil using seismic profiles on limited budgets. -

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Consequences of Modern Energy Use: A Remote Sensing analysis of the gulf oil spill using ArcGIS software. part of Energy:Energy Activities
Jared Beeton, Adams State University
Students download satellite imagery and conduct a remote sensing analysis of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill using ArcGIS software.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Energy:Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science:Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes:Organic Chemicals, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Geoscience:Oceanography, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Point Source Pollution
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review