This resource is ideal for younger audiences. It presents information that will be new to grade-school audiences, and can generate a lot of questions. The notes that accompany the slides are excellent, and each speaker can add to these notes with their own anecdotes and experience. There is a demonstration suggestion that is simple and interesting.

This whole presentation can be given in about 20 minutes. It can also serve as a foundation for an expended presentation that can include more detail on several topics, including:

• Exploration; add an exploration game/competition for students, such as
• “Cookie mining”
• Energy conservation; add an energy audit activity
• Energy efficiency: Let’s save energy
• Energy in the balance. Activities for elementary classrooms; students evaluate advantages and disadvantages of major energy sources.
• School energy survey. Students investigate all aspects of the school’s energy consumption and develop and implement a plan to conserve energy. Teacher | Student

This is a particularly effective way to have a lasting impact when you visit a classroom– provide the teacher whom you visit with activities that they can use over and over again.