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Teacher's Guide

• Complete list of resources, materials and equipment

Lesson Plans

• Lesson 1: Introduction, Advance Organizer, The Problem
  • Advance Organizer (744K PowerPoint slides)
  • Learning Activity: Stranded!
  • Activity Feedback: Stranded!
• Lesson 2: The Envelope System -- A Partial Solution
• Lesson 3: Improving the Building Envelope
  • Learning Activity: Conductive Heat Transfer Experiments
  • Learning Activity: Convective Heat Transfer Experiments
  • Learning Activity: Using Radiant Barriers to Learn About Radiation
• Lesson 4: Improving the HVAC System Efficiency
  • HVAC PowerPoint Presentation (3.9Mb)
• Lesson 5: Energy Sources
  • The Great Energy Debate Game (1.8M pdf)
• Lesson 6: School Lighting Audit Preparation
  • Lighting in the Library (1.8M pdf)
• Lesson 7: School Lighting Audit
  • Lighting in the Library Student Worksheets (855k pdf)
• Lesson 8: School Lighting Audit Data Analysis
  • Lighting in the Library Student Worksheets (855k pdf)
• Lesson 9: School Lighting Audit Action Plan
  • School Lighting Audit Action Plan Checklist

Learning Objectives and Criterion-Referenced Tests

• Criterion-Referenced Test #1 (MS Word document, 26k)
• Criterion-Referenced Test #1 Answer Key
• Criterion-Referenced Test #2 (MS Word document, 21k)
• Criterion-Referenced Test #2 Answer Key
• Criterion-Referenced Test #3 (MS Word document, 21k)
• Criterion-Referenced Test #3 Answer Key
• Criterion-Referenced Test #4 (MS Word document, 52k)
• Criterion-Referenced Test #4 Answer Key
• Criterion-Referenced Test #5 (MS Word document, 27k)
• Criterion-Referenced Test #5 Answer Key
  

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