NEED Curriculum Guides - By Grade Level - Primary (K-2) - Elementary (3-5) - Intermediate (6-8) - Secondary (9-12)
NEED Curriculum Guides - By Subject
NEED Curriculum Guides - By Title

The 2009-2010 NEED Energy Curriculum Kit Contains:

2009-2010 Resource Catalog
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Blueprint for Success
Our guide to designing your energy education programs. This document includes assessment materials and information on the NEED Online Pre and Post Poll/Energy Knowledge Assessment.

Projects and Activities provides schools with opportunities for outreach.

NEED Energy Infobooks
Available in 4 levels - Primary, Elementary, Intermediate, and Secondary!

National and State Standards Correlations

Curriculum Correlations - NEED makes a ongoing effort to keep our curriculum materials correlated to state standards and to the National Science Education Standards. New in 2009 are expaned correlation files (Excel Spreadsheets) that align each activity to its state standard.

NEED Tools and Resources for Teachers - and a few special "fun" things too.

NEED’s Question Bank gives teachers the ability to customize evaluation tools for their energy units.

NEED’s Energy Bibliography was prepared by NEED teacher advisory board members Constance Beatty, Scott Burch, Amy Constant and Debbie Fitton. This team of teachers searched the library and reviewed hundreds of energy related books. The best fiction and non fiction ones are compiled here. Search NEED’s online Energy Bibliography and find exactly what you need for your next lesson, reading group or energy club project.

"NEED" a Science Fair project? Here are some simple experiments! Before you start though, consult NEED's Energy Fair to learn more about planning a Science Fair Project.

The Energy Bike Guide provides instructions for assembling the Energy Bike and an extensive curriculum for using the Energy Bike to explore concepts of electricity.

Energy in the Round activities involve a classroom of students and help students make connections between the sources of energy and other topics.  (Grades 5-12)

Energy Web Game / School hang tags / Home hang tags
Buildings – homes and schools - are interactive systems consisting of occupants, mechanical systems, and the movement of heat, air, and moisture. All of these aspects relate to indoor air quality, the cost of energy, and environmental impacts. This activity helps students understand the systemic nature of energy use, and is a strong reinforcement tool for kinesthetic and visual learners.

Energy Survey Teacher Guide and Student Guide were created to assist teachers and students who wish to expand their energy management activities beyond NEED's Learning and Conserving unit.  These "audit" activities help students understand building science and the many ways we reduce energy consumption in school buildings. 

The Schools Going Solar guide provides research activities for schools with installed photovoltaic systems.