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====This site is designed to educate youth about energy history, usage, and conservation. The site is developed by the U.S. Energy Information Association, a government organization under the U.S. Department of Energy. [|Energy Kids] provides resources for students and teachers to learn about energy consumption and production. It contains graphs, explanations, illustrations, games, and quizzes that can help students expand their knowledge of energy related topics. There is also a list of lesson plans and other web-based energy resources for teachers. ====

====This site has a variety of potential uses in elementary or middle school classes. For a high school class, I suggest visiting the [|Energy Information Administration] homepage. ====


 * ====in a math lesson to help students create a statistical model of energy usage and carbon emissions. Students could work in small groups to research different energy sources and create a graph showing the carbon emissions produced by their source compared to other sources. ====


 * ====in a science lesson to teach students about the physics of nuclear power. Students could look at the pictorial models of nuclear fission and then create their own three dimensional models of a nuclear reactor. ====


 * ====for a service learning project involving students implementing energy saving strategies in their school and community. Student could gather facts to help support a campaign to replace incandescent light bulbs with compact florescent bulbs. ====