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Teachers

       We know that teaching about energy is challenging, which is one of the reasons we created the Students’ Corner. We hope the information you find here will enable you to better explain the complex world of energy regulation. We’ve also included this page to give you some guidance on different resources available on the World Wide Web.

By clicking on any of the links below you will be leaving the FERC’s Students’ Corner.

K-12 Teachers

Relicensing the St. Lawrence-FDR Hydropower Project in New York
http://www.stl.nypa.gov/index.html

Alliance to Save Energy -- Energy Efficiency for Educators
http://www.ase.org/educators/index.htm

Green School Project
http://www.ase.org/greenschools/

School Energy Rebate Team
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/sert/

Lesson Plans: http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/teachers_resources/lesson_plans.html

Did You Know... More homes in the United States are heated with natural gas than any other energy sources.

K-12 Students

Energy links, energy time machine, energy news, science projects, resources for teachers and parents.
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html

U.S. Department of Energy:
http://www.energy.gov/engine/content.do?BT_CODE=KIDS

Lesson plans for all grades:
U.S. Dept. of Energy:
http://www.energy.gov/engine/content.do?BT_CODE=TEACHERSSTUDENTS

Lesson plans for all grades:
Alliance to Save Energy:
http://www.ase.org/educators/download.htm

U.S. Dept. of Education’s AskEric collection of teachers’ lesson plans:
http://www.eduref.org/

Education World:
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2124.shtml

Energy Information Administration’s Kids’ Page:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/

Franklin Institute Online:
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/activity/act-summ.html

General Electric (GE) Learning Unit on Light and Lighting: http://www.gelighting.com/na/home/gela/index.htm

Walk through a hydroelectric project:
http://www.fwee.org/walk.html

Energy Education & Training:
http://www.eren.doe.gov/education/

For students—Sources for Reports on Energy:
http://www.eren.doe.gov/education/report_resources.html

For Teachers and Students—EnergyEd, interactive, multi-media energy education:
http://www.ergon.com.au/energyed/Default.asp?yf=true&platform=PC

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