This module is intended to increase the students' comprehension of costs, in terms of money and in energy, involved in various modes of transportation. Four main inquiries are covered in the module: (1) money saved by car pooling to school; (2) reductions in fuel consumption possible without car pooling; (3) comparisons of inter-city and urban…

This guide is intended to help teachers integrate energy education into middle schools or junior high schools. A teacher's section includes an introduction, bibliography, and glossary. Thereafter, teacher materials sections and student materials sections are paired under topical headings addressing world-wide energy iasues. Energy issues are…

This module consists of three activities and an evaluation section. Each activity can be conducted in class or assigned as homework. Activity 1 introduces the students to food chains and energy transfers through trophic levels. Activity 2 explores energy inputs and outputs in the United States food system and encourages the student to identify…

This module focuses on conservation measures to gain energy. Students are asked to list various conservation measures they can make at home and in their personal transportation; from these they determine the gain associated with each measure. The students are also asked to consider conservation measures in terms of effect on lifestyle. An optional…

This module is intended to assist the teacher in presenting lessons on the influence of energy on lifestyles now and in the future. Five activities are presented including: (1) a science fiction story; (2) lifestyles interview; (3) future projections; (4) energy usage and lifestyle; and (5) lifestyle differenees. The module is intended to cover…