![Battery Stack activity components](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/splashy_hero_large/public/images/catalog/batterystack1.jpg?h=4c27f827&itok=7ZHUL3rY)
Energy
Activities and Programs
![Learner demonstrates how an electroscope interacts with static electricity](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/static_activity.jpg?h=af834073&itok=O_SL-dac)
Exploring the Universe: Static Electricity
![Person looking at a thick test tube filled with static charged styrofoam beads](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/5395/img_2799_2.jpg?h=f405c703&itok=QW36pXAX)
Exploring Forces - Static Electricity
![Facilitator demonstrates a magnetic field with a small model of Earth](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2022-02/MF_2.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=11kMbVmL)
Exploring the Solar System: Magnetic Fields
![Young learner experimenting with washers to build a battery](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/20180303gh_273.jpg?h=9eb0d413&itok=h4MMNaLb)
Build a Battery
![Hands holding wires connected to a battery over container of liquid in Exploring Fabrication - Electroplating activity.](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-12/category_physical_sciences.png?h=0c86fa9d&itok=EsGh5Skk)
Exploring Fabrication - Electroplating
![Family engaged in electric squeeze hadns-on activity](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/12194/electric_squeeze.jpg?h=d8be8a9d&itok=_aycP8up)
Exploring Properties - Electric Squeeze
![Mary Shelly, her monster, and visitors using the battery stack activity](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/2021-03/Frankenstein200_Photo%202.jpg?itok=pWSDfimG)
Battery Stack
The Electric Squeeze
![A facilitator loads a small plastic tube with fizzing solution that will pop the cap off in front of an audience of learners](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2022-02/_T3B8208.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=mR86OF-G)
Rocket Reactions
![Participant's hands touching the steel and copper plates, connected to a multimeter](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-03/Spark2-L_0.jpg?h=19676f28&itok=bmSZYb7x)
Spark of Life
![Children with surprised faces and adults using the Frankenstein kit Battery Stack activity - adults dressed as Mary Shelley and the Monster](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2020-12/hero%20Frankenstein200_Photo%202.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=GuN54psC)
Frankenstein 200 Kit
![solar cell wired up to a meter](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/5553/dssc.jpg?h=30c08e7f&itok=vF5pu7wG)
Dye Sensitized (Raspberry Juice) Solar Cell
![Field of solar panels](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/Energy_solarpanels.jpg?h=8876dcd3&itok=A97_ICpU)
Tiny Solutions to Our Big Energy Problem
![Faciltator showing physical models of carbon and liquids in jars on a cart](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/Nano_Demos_019.jpg?h=216b1fbf&itok=mK9p1bNt)
Intro to Nano Cart Demo
![Children's hands exploring electrical conductivity with wires using cloth printed with graphene ink showing carbon structure model](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-12/category_engineering-min.png?h=0c86fa9d&itok=PyCTIxLW)
Exploring Materials - Graphene
![Moon Adventure Game players solving a challenge reconnecting the power with various conductive materials](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2020-10/MoonGamePromo38.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=1PJW8tEt)
Moon Adventure Game
Related Collections of Resources
![Half of the blue marble for Earth Day hero](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-01/earth-day-hero.jpg?h=46c5a8bf&itok=sfKmveh3)
Earth Day
![Cumulonimbus cloud over Africa](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2022-01/4542423196_e63fb84b6f_o-1900x1200.jpg?h=42d52dad&itok=yn4E3vvI)
Climate Change
![National chemistry week logo](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/ncwlogo.png?itok=lrSs16zq)
National Chemistry Week
![Polarized Light activity with hands holding paper and polarizing tape materials up to the window](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-04/Polarized%20Light%20activity%20with%20hands%20holding%20paper%20and%20polarizing%20tape%20materials%20up%20to%20the%20window.jpg?h=a1dd1271&itok=RATL603G)
Light Activities
![Learner holds up an atomic structure model of graphene](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/8881/20110918gh397.jpg?h=37ee87b1&itok=PYFIs7D9)
Carbon
Graphene - Conducting Electricity
![A molecular model of graphene](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/10472/screen_shot_2012-06-06_at_4.36.07_pm.png?itok=8Zx3VUqc)
Nobel Winning Experiment
![Children's hands exploring electrical conductivity with wires using cloth printed with graphene ink showing carbon structure model](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/2021-12/category_engineering-min.png?h=0c86fa9d&itok=PyCTIxLW)
Exploring Materials - Graphene
![Poster illustration a zoomed image from graphene pencil line down to the molecular level](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/images/catalog/10248/zoom_into_graphone_from_a_pencil_with_an_atomic_force_micsroscope_afm__thumbnail.jpg?h=6f2ed6e1&itok=xkKqGwQq)
Zoom into a Pencil Line of Graphene with an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) - Illustration
![Faciltator showing physical models of carbon to a visitor at a NanoDays event](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large_cropped/public/NanoDays2009_223_cropped.jpg?h=501f4737&itok=To9tsJdk)
Forms of Carbon
![](https://nisenet.org/sites/default/files/styles/curated_list_large/public/images/catalog/graphene_black.jpg?itok=sxKgneWO)
Scientific Image - Graphene models
Annual Events
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National Static Electricity Day (January 9)
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Earth Day (April 22) / Earth Month
- Earth Day: www.earthday.org
- National Environmental Education week: https://www.neefusa.org/education/eeweek
- NISE Network Earth Day resources: www.nisenet.org/earthday
- NISE Network climate change resources: https://www.nisenet.org/climatechange
- Earth Science Week (second full week in October)
- National Chemistry Week (third full week in October)
- ACS National Chemistry Week website: www.acs.org/ncw
- NISE Network Earth Day resources: https://www.nisenet.org/ncw
- Nuclear Science Week (NSW) (third week in October)
More Resources
- US Department of Energy
Energy Literacy Framework: Energy Literacy: Essential Principles for Energy Education - US Department of Energy: https://www.energy.gov/stem-rising
- How to Smile collection of hands-on activities: https://www.howtosmile.org/topics/energy
![Working with STEM Experts Guide cover including an image of expert puring a liquid and using a strainer with a girl and her family at a museum public event](/sites/default/files/styles/copy_50/public/2021-10/Working%20with%20STEM%20Experts%20Guide%20cover%20including%20an%20image%20of%20expert%20%20puring%20a%20liquid%20and%20using%20a%20strainer%20with%20a%20girl%20and%20her%20family%20at%20a%20museum%20public%20event%20CREDIT%20Marbles%20Kids%20Museum%20CROPPED.jpg?itok=O819TbQo)
Finding STEM Experts
- See the "Environmental Sciences" and "Chemistry and Physics" sections of Working with STEM Experts: A Guide for Educators in Museums and Other Informal Learning Settings