Annotated Website Bibliography

New additions to the list appear at the top.

www.solardecathlon.org
Each year the U.S. Department of Energy hosts the Solar Decathlon that challenges university students to design, build, and operate a solar-powered house that is effective, efficient, and attractive. The contest's website provides information on the contest as well as lesson plans and ideas for elementary, middle school, and high school educators to inspire future participants of the Solar Decathlon.

www.epa.gov/airnow/resource.html
This website, hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), provides links to lesson plans, activities, and additional information for educators about air quality and ozone. Included is a link to Air Pollution: What's the Solution, an online project where students use real time data to learn about ground level ozone.

www.easybreathers.org
This website is a companion to the Easy Breathers video, produced by real students and teachers. Both the video and website address the causes and impacts of air pollution and the everyday choices that people make that affect air pollution. The website has both a teacher's section (with activities, discussion points, and more) as well as a student's section.

www.neetf.org
The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation (NEETF) conducts an annual survey that focuses on an environmental topic. In 2001, the focus was on energy and the final report, Americans' Low "Energy IQ:" A Risk to Our Energy Future, can be downloaded from the NEETF website.

www.plt.org
This is the website of Project Learning Tree (PLT), an interdisciplinary environmental education program for educators working with students in PreK through grade 12. The PLT supplementary curriculum helps students gain awareness and knowledge of the natural and built environment, their place within it, as well as their responsibility for it. PLT, administered nationally by the American Forest Foundation, is a network of 3,000 grassroots volunteers and over 100 state coordinators that work in conjunction with teachers, schools, state agencies, foresters, businesses and civic organizations, museums, nature centers, and youth groups to provide workshops and in-service programs. The website contains an overview of PLT programs, links and lists of education resources, and a special Energy & Society section that supports this guide with additional information, resources, and website links.

www.api.org
This website of the American Petroleum Institute contains an energy consumer section with information about oil and natural gas products, industry statistics, energy related issues, the environment, energy education, and the latest technologies. This site also provides links to related websites and other resources.

www.classroom-energy.org
This site, developed by the American Petroleum Institute, features information on oil and natural gas; curriculum materials developed with Project Learning Tree and the National Science Teachers Association; interactive modules; and links to a variety of other on-line energy education resources.

www.energy.gov
This is the homepage of the U.S. Department of Energy, which contains special school and "Kidz Zone" sections. Both sections provide energy related background information, articles, resources, and web links.

www.energy.gov/kidz/kidzone.html
This is the direct link to the "Kidz Zone" section of the U.S. Department of Energy website (listed above). It includes an art room, contests, a game room and activities, a science room, a trophy case, and links to "Kidz Zone" featured sites.

www.eia.doe.gov/kids
This site contains online energy education resources for students and teachers including an introduction and overview of energy, biographies of leading energy pioneers, energy activities (in downloadable PDF files) from the National Energy Education Development Project (NEED) for use in the classroom, an interactive quiz on energy facts, and an annotated resource list with website links to online activities for kids and teachers. A section on milestones in the history of energy and its uses including wood, coal, and transportation provides an excellent overview of energy sources and uses.

www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyquiz.html
This is the direct link to the energy quiz on the energy information administration website (listed above).

www.fe.doe.gov
This U.S. Department of Energy site focuses on all aspects of fossil fuels and contains a comprehensive section written especially for students.

www.eren.doe.gov/energysmartschools
This is the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) site. It focuses on making school environments more energy efficient and includes information regarding buildings and school busses along with success stories and energy resources for students and teachers.

www.energystar.gov
This U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) website offers businesses and consumers energy efficient solutions to help save money while protecting the environment for future generations. It includes a special section for schools on making schools more energy efficient and a "For Kids" section that provides kids and teachers with links to other energy websites.

www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep
This is the website of the Wisconsin K-12 Energy Education Program (KEEP). KEEP was created to help promote energy education in Wisconsin and is the product of an innovative public/private partnership between educators and energy professionals. The site provides energy education resources in downloadable PDF files including hands-on, interdisciplinary lessons that are aligned with Wisconsin's academic standards and make energy relevant to students' lives. The site also has a section designed to help teachers and students investigate energy use in their schools and discover ways to conserve it, information on energy resources, and website links.

www.need.org
This is the website of the National Energy Education Development project (NEED), a nonprofit education association dedicated to developing and distributing comprehensive, hands-on energy education programs to schools nationwide. The site contains information about NEED's energy education programs, downloadable curriculum guides and activities (PDF files), links to energy websites, and information about NEED state and local programs.

www.ase.org/educators/lessons/index.htm
This is the site of the Alliance to Save Energy, a coalition of business, government, environmental, and consumer leaders who promote the efficient and clean use of energy worldwide to benefit consumers, the environment, economy, and national security. The site offers hands-on multidisciplinary energy related lessons plans for all grade levels. The activities are available for use online, in downloadable PDF files, and include topics such as "Energy Sources," "Yesterday and Today," and "How Much Energy Do You Use?"

www.solstice.crest.org
This site of the Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST) contains scientific documents and databases on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable living. It also provides education links and links to additional energy related websites.

www.energy.ca.gov/education/projects
This site contains a summary of "The Energy Patrol" originated at DeVargas School in the Cupertino Unified School District near San Jose, California, along with guidelines and information on how to start an Energy Patrol at your school. The Energy Patrol makes the school a more exciting learning environment, gets kids actively involved in reducing the school's energy use and costs, and has been adapted by many schools across the nation for kids from second grade to junior high.

www.ignitingcreativeenergy.org
This is the site for the National Energy Foundation's "Igniting Creative Energy Contest", a challenge to students designed to recognize and reward wise energy and environmental actions and ideas.

www.noia.org/info/default.asp
This section is part the website of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), a national trade association representing all facets of the domestic offshore petroleum and related industries. The website provides information about offshore oil and gas and includes sections titled "History of Offshore," "Scope of Offshore Operations," "About Petroleum," "About Natural Gas," "Oil in the Sea," and "Suggested Reading."

www.oilhistory.com
This website discusses aspects of the history of the oil industry, beginning with events in the northern Appalachian Basin of North America. The presentation is in the form of written vignettes and photographs with captions. The information comes from field investigations and archival research.

www.bpevo.com
This is the Energy Value Optimizer (EVO) link from the BP Oil Company site. The EVO site provides information on risk management, tracks energy markets, and contains risk management games.

www.chevron.com/about/siteindex.shtml
This site index to the Chevron website provides links to the Chevron Learning Center, which provides information on topics such as "What is Crude Oil?" and "What is a Refinery?" It has links to the Chevron website's Community section where the Community News link provides new and archived news stories on oil and related topics. The Community Programs section gives information on Best Classroom Practices, Chevron Conservation Awards, and Chevron Educational Materials. The Best Classroom Practices section has the twelve winning lesson plans from the 1997 Chevron Education Award for Best Classroom Practices program. The Chevron Conservation Awards section describes the recipients and programs of these annual awards. Chevron Educational Materials can be found in The Chevron Electronic Classroom, which highlights programs that focus on different facets of American life, such as history, economics, science, music, art, and the environment. The video programs are free of charge via satellite delivery and teacher's guides to accompany the programs may be downloaded from the site.

www.citgo.com/CommunityInvolvement/Classroom/Lessons.jsp
This section of the CITGO Petroleum Corporation website provides lesson plans from CITGO's Week About Petroleum program, which is designed to help students learn the importance of petroleum-based products in their lives. This site also has links to experiments and games.

www.phillips66.com/sitemap.html
This site index to the Phillips Petroleum website provides links to information and news articles about oil and related topics, and a Community and Sponsorships section with information on community action and education programs. The Teaching Tools section of the Education site provides education guides and activities (in downloadable PDF files) and information on how to obtain free educational videos to accompany the guides.

www.sprint.com/epatrol
This site, sponsored by Sprint, is for kids who care about the Earth and has a section that looks at energy efficiency in the home and recycling.

www.discoverengineering.org
This site provides information on careers in engineering along with information on National Engineers Week.

www.acf-coal.org
This is the website of the American Coal Foundation (ACF), an organization that develops materials and programs to help teach students about today's coal industry. The site contains information about coal resources, news and events, frequently asked questions, a coal quiz, and links to related sites.

www.solarenergy.org
This is the website of the Solar Energy International (SEI), a non-profit organization that provides education and technical assistance to empower others to use renewable energy technologies. SEI's Renewable Energy Education Program (REEP) conducts workshops that teach the practical use of solar, wind, and water power. Participants gain the knowledge and skills to design, install, and maintain renewable energy systems and build state-of-the-art solar homes that are efficient, practical, and earth friendly. The website provides background information about renewable energy and a publication section listing recommended readings and SEI publications.

www.earthdog.com/renew.html
This section of the Earth Dog® environment website provides an overview of renewable energy resources. Earth Dog® is an environmental character, first presented by the U.S. Department of Energy and Sony Electronics, that teaches kids about the environment.

www.nef1.org/educators.html
This section of the National Energy Foundation website provides information about energy resources for educators including a catalog of energy and environmental teaching materials, information on workshops and teacher training opportunities, online energy lessons and activities, information about earning university graduate credit while teaching in the classroom, and links to additional energy related websites.

www.geothermal.margin.org
This is the website of the Geothermal Education Office (GEO), an organization that promotes public understanding about geothermal resources and its importance in providing clean sustainable energy while protecting our environment. GEO produces and distributes educational materials about geothermal energy to schools, energy/environmental educators, libraries, industry, and the public. The site contains geothermal facts, worldwide data and maps, a geothermal slide show, and information on energy and classroom materials.