Energy Kids

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This website provides information and resources for teachers seeking to make learning about energy fun and exciting for students. Renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy are well organized and supplemented with diagrams, maps, and graphs. Other sections include fun facts about energy, games & activities, history, and classroom activities.

This resource was developed by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

https://www.eia.gov/kids/

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Work and Energy	- High School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Interactive Simulation = Lesson/Lesson Plan - Reference Material

Appropriate Courses	Categories	Ratings
- Physical Science - Physics First - Conceptual Physics - Algebra-based Physics	- Lesson Plan - Activity - New teachers	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: Does not have a copyright, license, or other use restriction.
Courtesy of:: Energy Information Administration
Keywords:: energy, energy facts, energy forms, energy sources
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created July 10, 2006 by Jessica Hollums
Record Updated:: June 3, 2011 by Caroline Hall
Last Update when Cataloged:: January 1, 2010

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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.

Topic: Conservation of Energy
Unit Title: Energy Forms and Sources

This site from the U.S. Energy Information Administration provides a wide array of tutorials, background information, lesson plans, games, and activities for teaching about energy. The section on Energy Sources is especially well-developed. Accompanying lessons are organized in four levels: primary, elementary, intermediate, and secondary.

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Energy Information Administration, Energy Kids (2006), <https://www.eia.gov/kids/>.

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Energy Information Administration. (2010, January 1). Energy Kids. Retrieved May 22, 2025, from https://www.eia.gov/kids/

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