Energy Efficiency and Wise Energy Behaviors Game

Provided by: Think! Energy - National Energy Foundation

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Synopsis

In this interactive game from Think! Energy - National Energy Foundation, students will explore different ways to make homes more energy-efficient and climate-friendly.
Students will be able to test their knowledge about LED lights, low-flow fixtures, clean energy, and other measures to conserve energy.

Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Engineering

Authors: Think! Energy - National Energy Foundation

Region: Global, Illinois, Missouri

Languages: English

Positives

The narration in this game uses humor that will keep students engaged and smiling!
Students will love being able to pick their character and click around the image of the house.

Prerequisites

Teachers should note that some answers for the quiz questions require clicking on the bubbles, and others are unscrambling words, solving math problems, and solving riddles.
When students finish the quiz, they are directed to links to resources that are only applicable to classes registered in the Student Energy Education Kit Initiative. This page has more information about registration, but the program is only open to 5th-grade students in certain parts of Illinois and Missouri.

Differentiation & Implementation

Teachers can assign each student a room or a few rooms to explore and ask them to summarize the strategies used in that room to conserve energy.
Students can conduct a personal energy audit, determining how much energy they may be wasting. This lesson can help younger students complete this audit.
Teachers can highlight the connection between climate change and energy efficiency by discussing how fossil fuels are burned for energy and how burning these fossil fuels warms the climate. This video can introduce the connection between fossil fuels and climate change if students do not have any background in this area.
The quiz generates new questions when students replay, so early finishers can continue to retake the quiz until everyone has completed it once.

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