Where Energy Comes From
McKeever Environmental Learning Center is offering a one-day (in school) program that focuses on energy and materials used in your school. This 3-hour program will lead into countless extension related topics for your students.
The program includes:
- Presentation on the formation of fossil fuels,
- Types of fossil fuels and byproducts of their use,
- Examination of energy and materials in your lunches,
- Role of Recycling and Landfills,
- And introduction of worms as composers.
This program addresses the following standards for Environment and Ecology
Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
- Fossil Fuels
- Water Cycle
- Recycling
Humans and the Environment
- Importance of natural resources in daily life
- Identify items used that come from natural resources
- Identify ways to conserve natural resources
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Links
- Slippery Rock University Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania – A Rock Solid Education
- PA State System of Higher Education Let a state system university be your answer.
- Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Educators PAEE unites, supports, and empowers a community of Environmental Educators throughout Pennsylvania.
- EnviroLink Network Non-profit organization providing access to thousands of online environmental resources.
- GreenTreks Network, Inc. Telling Stories that Change the World
- PA Fish and Boat Commission Protect, conserve, and enhance the Commonwealth’s aquatic resources and provide fishing and boating opportunities
- Mercer County, PA Everyone needs an escape plan.