Additional Resources Power Up Game: www. myamericanfarm. com / games / power _ up /
Teacher’ s Guide
Ag in the Classroom- Helping the Next Generation Understand Their Connection to Agriculture
The following YouTube videos have more information on energy: Kinetic Energy www. youtube. com / watch? v = ASZv3tIK56k
Force and Gravity www. youtube. com / watch? v = LEs9J2IQIZY
Where does energy come from? www. youtube. com / watch? v = aUa7I7D _ myU
Using Energy www. youtube. com / watch? v = z1xFrYkQwik
General Energy Resources The Energy Story www. energyquest. ca. gov / story /
EIA Energy Kids www. eia. gov / kids /
Science Daily: Matter & Energy www. sciencedaily. com / news / matter _ energy /
Other links www. need. org www. energyquest. ca. gov / games / index. html( online energy games) www. epa. gov / students / teachers. html www. myenergygateway. org www. partselect. com / JustForFun / Electric- Math-Numbers-Behind-Appliances. aspx / www. kidsenergyzone. com
Additional resources on renewable and non renewable energy: www. kids. esdb. bg / basic. html www. education. nationalgeographic. com / education / encyclopedia / non-renewableenergy /? ar _ a = 1 www. greenmountain. com / resources / enviro-kids / renewable-energy-101
Renewable Energy
Other Resources www. agclassroom. org is the national website for Ag in the Classroom programs from across the nation. A site search will bring up a variety of lessons, books, videos and links.
www. growingyourfuture. com- connects you to Colorado’ s Ag in the Classroom program. A variety of resources are available at this site including past Colorado Readers.
Comments, questions, suggestions and feedback about the Reader are welcome. Contacts:
Bette Blinde Colorado Foundation for Agriculture PO Box 10 Livermore, CO 80536 970-881-2902 bblinde @ growingyourfuture. com www. growingyourfuture. com
Jessie Dafoe Wyoming Agriculture in the Classroom P. O. Box 347 Cheyenne, WY 82003 307.369.1749 jdafoe @ wyaitc. org
Traci Curry New Mexico Agriculture in the Classroom 2220 N Telshor Las Cruces, NM 88011 575.532.4714 agclass @ nmflb. org
Deanna Karmazin Nebraska Agriculture in the Classroom 5225 South 16th Street Lincoln, NE 68512-1275 402.421.4408 DeannaK @ nefb. org
Page 2: Electricity and Me The total annual utility bill for an average American household is $ 1911
Page 3: Solar Energy Crossword answers: Across 2. Solar energy is available all over the world; it is plentiful. 3. Solar energy requires a large area of space. 5. Solar energy does not pollute the environment because it is clean. 6. Solar panels can be expensive. Down 1. Solar energy can be used more than once; it is renewable. 4. Darkness and bad weather interrupt the supply of sunlight.
Page 5: Hydropower Using a block of wood, a hammer and a nail, help your students understand the process of mechanical energy:
‘ Work’ is done when a force acts on an object to cause it to move, change shape, displace, or do something physical. For, example, if I push the classroom door open for a student to walk in, work is done on the door( by causing it to open). But what kind of force caused the door to open? That’ s where mechanical energy comes in.
Mechanical energy is the sum of kinetic and potential energy in an object that is used to do work. I have an iron hammer, which on its own, has no kinetic energy, but it has some potential energy because of its weight. Now, if I want to drive a nail into this piece of wood( which is work), I need to lift the iron hammer up, which increases its potential energy because of its high position … then, force it to move at great speed downward( it now has kinetic energy) to hit the nail.