Grades 9-12

Here you'll find lesson plans on energy efficiency and renewable energy for grades 9-12.

Biomass Energy

• Biofuel Production (8 Activities)
• The Biofuel Project: Creating Bio-diesel
• A Pre-Treatment Model for Ethanol Production Using a Colorimetric Analysis of Starch Solutions (1 Activity)
• Reaction Rates and Catalysts in Ethanol Production (1 Activity)
• Investigating and Using Biomass Gases
• Photosynthesis and Biomass Growth (7 Activities)
• Renewable Energy Plants in Your Gas Tank: From Photosynthesis to Ethanol (4 Activities)
• Statistical Analysis of Corn Plants and Ethanol Production

Energy Basics

• Energy Posters - Energy Basics
• Secondary Energy Infobook and Secondary Infobook Activities (19 Activities)
• Thermodynamics Teacher and Student Guides (6 Activities)
• Computer-Based Energy Projects (4 Activities)
• Energy Analysis

Energy Efficiency and Conservation

• Take the Energy Action Challenge
• Energy Efficiency Ambassadors (9-12)
• Energy Posters - Energy Efficiency and Conservation
• Energy Walkabout
• New Year's Resolution
• Passive Solar Building Design (8 Activities)
• Summer Camp 2050
• Watt Does It Cost To Use It?

Environment

• Energy Awareness Quiz
• Energy Posters - Environment
• How Big Is Your Footprint?
• Global Warming and Climate Change (8 Activities)

Hydrogen and Fuel Cells

• Hydrogen Sprint (6 Activities)

Solar Energy

• Understanding Solar Energy: Advanced Photovoltaic Investigations (5 Activities)
• Solar Cooking (5 Activities)
• Modeling the Process of Mining Silicon Through a Single Displacement/Redox Reaction
• Mini Rockets
• Photovoltaics: Solar Electricity (4 Activities)
• Photovoltaics Teacher and Student Guides (10 Activities)
• Renewable Energy and Photovoltaics (5 Activities)
• Survival Still
• What Does the Sun Give Us? (5 Activities)

Transportation Fuels

• Transportation Fuels: The Future is Today (6 Activities)
• Transportation Fuels Rock Performances

Wind Energy

• Building the Basic PVC Wind Turbine
• Wind Power (7 Activities)
• Scale Models and Wind Turbines
• See the Wind
• Wind Turbine Blade Design

In partnership with Alliance to Save Energy, Earth Day Network, Florida Solar Energy Center, The International Ground Source Heat Pump Association, KidWind Project, Montgomery County (MD) Public Schools, National Energy Foundation, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NEED Project, Project Learning Tree, Queensland (Australia) Sustainable Energy Industry Development Group, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.