Teacher Resources
Teacher Resources


Investigations/ Activities

Unit 1: Energy

Section 1 - Energeia
Kinetic and Potential Energy
Conservation of Energy

Section 2 - Energy: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Oil Recovery

Section 3 - Energy Conservation
Insulation
Cost-Effective Buying
Are Your Computers Wasting Energy?

Unit 2: Fuels

Section 1 - Composition of Fuels
Chemical Models

Section 2 - Fuels for Everything
Concept Mapping Fuels
Splitting Atoms

Section 3 - What Are Alternative Fuels?
Gas Laws in Action/Propane
Concept Mapping Alternative Fuels

Section 4 - Across the Curriculum With Alternative Fuels
Creating an Advertisement
Extra! Extra! Read All About It
Conversions That Make Cents
Tour de Texas

Unit 3: Technology

Section 1 - Power Systems and Efficiency
Nuts! Calculating Thermal Efficiency

Section 2 - Start Your Engines
Crank It Up
Acceleration

Section 3 - Fueling the Future
Electrolysis

Unit 4: Environment

Section 1 - Ozone Alert!
Ozone Snaps!
Blowing in the Wind

Section 2 - Smogasbord
Is Dilution the Solution?

Section 3 - Global Climate Change
Natural Selection
Greenhouse Effect
Automotive Emissions and the Greenhouse Effect

Section 4 - Across the Curriculum With Air Pollution
Pollution Prevention Is Disease Prevention

Unit 5: Renewables

Section 1 - Geothermal Power
Geothermal Power
Heat Exchange

Section 2 - Hydropower
Water Wheel
Waves and Whistles

Section 3 - Solar Power
Heat it Up!
Making a PV Cell
Building a Parabolic-Trough Collector

Section 4 - Wind Power
Windmill Competition