Powering Your World with Classroom Energy!

Welcome to Powering Your World with Classroom Energy, a national science standards-based program for grades 6-8 developed by Scholastic Inc. and the American Petroleum Institute. In three easy-to-use lessons that challenge students' critical thinking, essay writing, and research skills, you'll find everything you need to teach the basic science about energy, including real-world applications that show how energy is used, the sources from where it comes, and surprising facts about energy around us in our world.

Print out each lesson and corresponding student reproducible. As you teach each lesson, distribute the accompanying student reproducible. Standards and Benchmarks (PDF)


	Lesson 1: What Powers Your Computer? Reproducible: Make Energy Connections and Scrambled Energy (PDF)		Lesson 2: Energy in Your World Reproducible: Energy Word Search and Invent a New Way to Use Energy (PDF)		Lesson 3: The Story of Gasoline Reproducible: The Story of Gasoline (PDF)

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Classroom Energy

• Adventures in Energy

• Energy: The Quick Tour

• Technology Lab

• All About Petroleum

• Progress Through Petroleum

Energy Information Administration

U.S. Department of Energy