Energy Today

All student activities and teacher's guides open as a downloadable .pdf in a new window. Each guide consists of national standards, detailed instructions, materials needed, and activity answers. 

Petro Products: Find them All

Digging Deep

Crystal Ball of Energy

It's a Petro City

What's your Energy Knowledge?

Energy through the Ages

The Birthday Balloon Mystery

Objective:  To inform students about products made from petroleum and have students solve the questions

Skills:  Patterns and relationships, problem solving, word identification

Objective:  To inform students about natural gas and oil, and tools used to locate and extract them. To have students complete the Venn diagram and Depth chart.

Skills:  Charting, analytical thinking, comparing mathematical quantities

Objective: Students will reinforce their understanding of renewable and nonrenewable energy resources, and review the Laws of Thermodynamics as they apply to energy sources.

Skills: Comparing and contrasting, calculating percentages

Objective: Students will graph the various products developed from a single barrel of oil.

Skills: Computation, kinesthetic development, graphing, research, writing

Objective: To assess students’ prior knowledge and increase their awareness of energy sources

Objective: Determine the energy required to run various appliances

Objective: Students will measure changes in gas volume