Learn more about our curricula, storylines, and other teaching resources below. All of these materials are free to download. Curricula and storylines are designed to pair with our equipment kits.
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Curricula & Storylines Title Grade Band Driving question / topic area 
Climate Change: Understanding & Engagement
- 6-8
What are the human impacts on the environment/Earth systems? How can I minimize my impacts?
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Electricity & Climate Change MacroStoryline
- 6-8
- 9-12
How are humans impacting the climate by turning on this lamp? What can we do about it?
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Greening Transportation Storyline
- 6-8
- 9-12
How/why does human transportation impact earth’s climate? How can we re-engineer local transportation to reduce our impact?
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Home Heat Transfer Storyline
- 6-8
- 9-12
How/why does keeping homes warm impact the temperature of Earth’s atmosphere? How can we decrease this impact yet keep our homes warm and cozy?
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Model Grid Storyline
- 6-8
- 9-12
How is it that my electrical needs and thousands of others can vary and yet still be met continuously?
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PVs in Action 4-5
- 4-5
Driving question: How does installing photovoltaic panels address the community’s electricity needs while helping to protect the earth?
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PVs in Action 6-12
- 6-8
- 9-12
How does installing photovoltaic panels address the community’s electricity needs while helping to protect the earth?
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Solar Challenge
- 6-8
- 9-12
How can we learn to harness the sun’s renewable energy?
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Sun FUNdamentals
- K-3
How do we use sunlight and shade to help us?
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Wind FUNdamentals
- K-3
How do we use wind?
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Wind Works
- 4-5
- 6-8
- 9-12
How can wind produce reliable, affordable, electrical energy that is clean and sustainable?
More Info Mini-Units, Extensions & Manuals Title Grade Band Driving question / topic area Green Energy Careers Module for Middle School
- 6-8
Resources to support students' understanding of career opportunities in the green energy field.
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- 6-8
How can we engineer (design, build, test, revise) a home to minimize thermal energy transfer?
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Methane Digester Manual
- 6-8
- 9-12
Instructional guide for VEEP's methane digester kit.
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- 9-12
Guide on how to use a VEEP pyranometer, a tool to measure the radiant intensity of sunlight.
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- 6-8
- 9-12
Mini-lesson to help students start to think about transportation in their own communities.
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Charting Our Energy Future
- 6-8
- 9-12
Poster with charts modeling the Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan.
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Energy, Economy, Climate, and you
- 6-8
- 9-12
Investigate your energy use, then pledge to make a difference.
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Heating NH Homes
- 6-8
- 9-12
Where does heat leave our homes, what energy sources heat our homes, and what does the energy cost?
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Heating Vermont Homes
- 6-8
- 9-12
Where does heat leave our homes, what energy sources heat our homes, and what does the energy cost?
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Less Energy, More Renewables
- 6-8
- 9-12
Charts showing Vermont energy use in transportation, thermal, and electricity — and how it would change if we met our state goal of 90% by 2050.
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NH Slicing the Electricity Pie
- 4-5
- 6-8
- 9-12
Poster comparing three pie charts of electricity sources: NH generation, what NH utilities purchase, and what comes from the ISO-NE grid.
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The climate impact of getting to school NH
- 6-8
- 9-12
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The Climate Impact of Getting to School VT
- 6-8
- 9-12
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