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How Good Is Green?
Students explore the amount of electricity used and wasted in homes and at school using kilowatt meters. In this environmental energy lesson, students compute power usage by appliances over time and identify ways in which electricity is...
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Appliance Energy Use and Cost
In this energy usage activity, students use a chart comparing the average monthly kilowatt-hour use of different household appliances to complete 4 short answer questions.
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Read an Electric Meter
Third graders explore electricity. In this science lesson, 3rd graders discuss how electricity is transmitted and complete a worksheet in which they practice reading an electric meter.
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Energy in the Home
In this energy use worksheet, students read about kilowatts and solve 2 problems. They find the costs to run certain electrical items for a given amount of time and they determine the electricity consumption of an accelerator that runs...
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Energy Audit Form
For this energy worksheet, students calculate the energy costs of using certain household appliances. Students complete 3 graphic organizers.