
Energy
Activities and Programs

Exploring the Universe: Static Electricity

Exploring Forces - Static Electricity

Exploring the Solar System: Magnetic Fields

Build a Battery

Exploring Fabrication - Electroplating

Exploring Properties - Electric Squeeze

Battery Stack
The Electric Squeeze

Rocket Reactions

Spark of Life

Frankenstein 200 Kit

Dye Sensitized (Raspberry Juice) Solar Cell

Tiny Solutions to Our Big Energy Problem

Intro to Nano Cart Demo

Exploring Materials - Graphene

Moon Adventure Game
Related Collections of Resources

Earth Day

Climate Change

National Chemistry Week

Light Activities

Carbon
Graphene - Conducting Electricity

Nobel Winning Experiment

Exploring Materials - Graphene

Zoom into a Pencil Line of Graphene with an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) - Illustration

Forms of Carbon

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

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