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This video, from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE), is an online workshop designed to introduce faculty and industry professionals to material and labs developed to teach learning outcomes associated with Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) in the...

This video, provided by Madison Area Technical College, analyzes a commercial electricity demand rate from a real Wisconsin high school aiming to educate students about energy conservation and green building practices. Each section of the demand rate is highlighted and explained in detail. After...

This video from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) explores Sketchbox, an open-source concept energy modeling tool for educators. In the video, Saranya Gunasingh from Slipstream describes Sketchbox, survey results on its energy efficiency, and...

This activity, created by Lily Bentley, was formed based on a hypothetical situation that has students research renewable and nonrenewable energy sources. In the activity's hypothetical situation: the year is 2012, and fighting in the Middle East has stopped exports of much of the world's supply of...

This lesson, from the Northern Wyoming Community College District, focuses on the principles of surface mining and reclamation in coal mining using chocolate chip cookies (where the cookie represents the earth and the chocolate chips coal the students will be surface mining). Using tools provided,...

This lesson plan from the STEM Action Center - Utah covers incomplete vs. complete combustion and is intended for sixth through 9th graders. During the lesson, students will "develop models to show that molecules are made of different kinds, proportions, and quantities of atoms." Students will also "...

This collection from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) is composed of teaching materials that highlight a lesson on deep cycle batteries and charge controllers. After the lesson, students will be able to predict, measure, and explain electric...

This interactive resource, published by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, explores 40 solar-energy occupations, charts career pathways, and identifies skills. The map is organized according to area of practice and level of experience. Areas of practice include manufacturing, system design,...

This collection from the Center for Renewable Energy Advanced Technological Education Resource Center (CREATE) is composed of teaching materials that highlight a lesson on the solar design software Helioscope. Helioscope uses a web based interface to create 3D models for shade analysis and helps...

This web site provided by the Department of energy includes information on the SunShot Initiative's support of research and development of photovoltaic (PV) technologies. These technologies are intended to "improve efficiency and reliability and to lower manufacturing costs in order to drive down...