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Teach Engineering: Energy Intelligence Agency

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This activity provides an active way for students to discover a few critical facts about how we use energy and how much energy we use. Each student has a "clue", some of which are pertinent energy facts and others are silly statements...
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Teach Engineering: Watt Meters to Measure Energy Consumption

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use watt meters to measure the power required and calculate energy used from various electrical devices and household appliances.
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Teach Engineering: Light vs. Heat Bulbs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students measure the light output and temperature (as a measure of heat output) for three types of light bulbs to identify why some light bulbs are more efficient (more light with less energy) than others.
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Teach Engineering: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

For Teachers 7th - 9th
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is an interesting and somewhat publicized environmental problem. A swirling soup of trash up to 10 meters deep and just below the water surface is composed mainly of non-degradable plastics. These...