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ENERGY
Listed below are selected teaching resources from BLM national, state, and field offices, listed alphabetically by title.
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An Energy Budget
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, May 2002
In this activity, students consider ways in which they can personally reduce energy consumption.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/energy/energy7.html
An Energy Profile
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, May 2002
In this activity, students examine how energy is produced and consumed in their home, their community, or their state.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/energy/energy5.html
Blowin' in the Wind
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, May 2002
In this activity, students make pinwheels and use the power of the wind to do work.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/energy/energy11.html
Energy Conservation and Transformation
Classroom Activities from Science & Children, November/December 1995 p. 38 - 40
Students study different types of train engines and analyze differences in energy efficiency. They create an energy flow diagram for different locomotives.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/steel_rails_and_iron_horses/classroom.html#energy
Energy for the Future
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, May 2002
In this activity, students explore how a fictional community will meet its future energy needs.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/energy/energy6.html
Energy on Public Lands
Teacher's Guide
A guide to energy resources found on public lands and how they are managed by the BLM, with background information and classroom activities.
http://www.wwwes.blm.gov/education/LearningLandscapes.data/Components/downloads/EnergyOnPublicLandsWeb.pdf
Energy Resources/Wind Energy
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, September 1996 p. 47-48
Students research and report on various energy resources. They then construct anemometers to collect data needed in planning a wind farm.
http://www.blm.gov/education/high_plains/classroom.html#energy
Energy: Fuel for Thought
Science & Children, May 2002
Outlines energy resources currently in use and explores resources that may power our future, with a focus on public land resources; includes poster and classroom activities.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/energy/index.html
Full Steam Ahead: How to Build a Steam Engine
Classroom Activities from Science & Children, November/December 1995 Poster back
Students build a steam generator system to power a single piston engine in this four-part exercise.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/steel_rails_and_iron_horses/posterback.html
Get Energized!
BLM Alaska Interactive Program
Online version of an energy education CD developed by BLM's Campbell Creek Science Center in Anchorage, Alaska.
http://www.blm.gov/ak/getenergized.html
How's Your Energy IQ?
BLM Environmental Education Feature
Interactive quiz on sources of energy, where they come from, and how we, as Americans, use them.
http://www.blm.gov/education/LearningLandscapes/menu/news7.html
It's a Gas!
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, May 2002
Demonstration of how the decay of organic materials can produce biogas (methane).
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/energy/energy8.html
Let the Sun Shine In
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, May 2002
In this activity, students make solar collectors and experiment to see which ones heat water most effectively.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/energy/energy9.html
Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, March 1998, p. 40
In these two activities, students distinguish between energy sources that are renewable and those that are nonrenewable, and discuss costs and benefits of each type.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/Columbia_river_basin/classroom.html
Resource Explorer Mike Bies
Website
BLM archaeologist describes cultural resource "detective work" in Wind River Basin, Wyoming.
http://www.blm.gov/education/expert/2/index.html
Rivers Run Through It: Discovering the Interior Columbia River Basin
Based on Science & Children article, March 1998
Explores complexity and diversity of the 58- million hectare area drained by the Columbia River in the Northwest. Topics include hydroelectric power, rain shadow effects, and anadromous fish. Discusses management issues and includes poster and classroom activities.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/Columbia_river_basin/index.html
The High Plains: Land of Extremes
Based on Science & Children article, September 1996
Vast High Plains wildlife and grassland ecosystems are covered along with the area s importance as a source of coal for the nation. Discusses management issues and includes poster and classroom activities.
http://www.blm.gov/education/high_plains/high_plains.html
The Power of Water
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, March 1998, p. 40
Students use a pinwheel to illustrate hydroelectric power in this activity.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/Columbia_river_basin/
WaterWorks
Classroom Activity from Science & Children, May 2002
In this activity, students make their own waterwheels.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/energy/energy10.html