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Upper Elementary School - Grades 4-5

Renewable Energy and Sustainability (4-5)
The Advantages of Renewable Energy (4-5)
Energy use and resulting pollution. (4-5)
Using natural and simple renewable energy sources to heat and cool our homes. (4-5)
Methods of generating electricity using renewable energy resources. (4-5)
Solar and Electric Cars (4-5)
Renewable Energy Resources in Texas (4-5)
Geothermal Energy Basics (K-4)
Solar Cell Simulation (K-4)
Solar energy: basics, heat and motion, chemical reactions, cooking, generating electricity, PV cells (K-4)
Build and research simple solar stills.(K-4)
Solar energy: sun energy, light, plants, radiometer, thermometer, solar beads, solar oven, solar cells.(K-4)
Similarities and differences between solar tea and tea brewed by boiling water. (K-4)
Conventional and alternative transportation fuels (K-12)
Exploring Solar Beads (4-5)
Explore Solar Collection (4-5)
Students will build a solar hot box in order to test various colors and materials to find the maximum temperature that can be reached. (5-6)
Demonstrate that energy from the sun can be collected and stored in many ways. (3-8)
Construct a simple solar water heater; Investigate color and heat; Investigate insulation and heat.(4-5)
Why renewable energy is important.(4-5)
Building and Testing a Solar Oven (4-5)
Solar cooking (3-5)
Students will compare the amount of heat stored in different sized solar collectors. (3-5)
Producing Electricity with Sunlight (5-6)
Scientists use windows to trap solar energy (5-8)
Windmills: Putting Wind Energy to Work (3-5)
Demonstrate how solar energy can be captured to cook a hot dog (3-5)
A crossword puzzle that reinforces students' knowledge about geothermal energy (4-7)
Renewable Energy Wordsearch Game (K-12)
Renewable energy matching (4-5)
Energy & Renewable Energy Resources Posters Worksheet (K-5)
Solar Activities (K-6)
Propeller design, building a horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines, efficiency of turbine blades, turbine generators, measuring wind speed, building a data-logging anemometer. (K-12)
Create an action plan to reduce energy use in your home. (K-8)
Compare fluorescent light bulbs and standard light bulbs (K-8)
Students brainstorm with their families about ways they can save energy at home and then share the ideas with their class at school. (K-12)
Propeller design, building a horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines, efficiency of turbine blades, turbine generators, measuring wind speed, building a data-logging anemometer. (K-12)
Designing a Green Building (K-5)
Demonstrate two options for water treatment: filtration and solar distillation. (4-5)
Students observe the water cycle in action inside a mini solar still. (K-5)
Desalination: Creating a Solar Still (4-5)
Students make a solar still to observe different stages of the water cycle and to learn about desalination. (4-6)
Why desalination of water is important for the future? (K-6)
Looking at the Advantages of Renewable Energy (4)
Students distinguish between renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy and compare the benefits and drawbacks of each. (3-5)
The lesson focuses on the differences between renewable and nonrenewable energy sources, emphasizing the growing difficulty of finding energy whose supply is decreasing. (K-5)
The difference between renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy (K-4)
Renewable Energy Crossword Puzzle (K-5)
Energy Crossword Quiz (K-5)
Energy Crossword (K-5)
Renewable Energy Crossword (4-5)