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School Building Energy Efficiency Education

Classroom Ideas

KEEP Activities

There may just be an activity from KEEP that can help you to integrate school building energy efficiency into your classroom. Check out these ideas below:

 

Classroom Energy Flow

Students create an energy flow diagram of their classroom by labeling and describing how objects in their classroom transfer energy.

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Electric Charades

Students illustrate through a whole-body demonstration how electricity flows form the power plant to appliances in their classroom

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At Watt Rate

Students complete a survey to determine how much electricity various appliances use.

Activity          Student Pages

 

The Cost of Using Energy

Students calculate the cost of energy used by various end uses found in the home and at school.

Activity          Student Pages

 

 

Energy Audits

Guide your students through an energy audit of the school building! Below, you will find a variety of audit activities and examples.

 

Wisconsin Green & Healthy Schools Program

www.dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/greenschools/

 

Department of Energy School Building Surveys

www.eia.doe.gov/kids/classactivities/
SchoolBuildingSurveyIntermediate.pdf


www.eia.doe.gov/kids/classactivities/SchoolSurveySecondary.pdf

Thirteen.Org Classroom Audit
www.thirteen.org/edonline/wue/energy2_overview.html

Alliance to Save Energy Green Schools Program
www.ase.org/greenschools/index.htm


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