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. Coming soon: Hydro curricula and kits!
In addition to kits and curricula, we also produce educational posters which are available at the bottom of this page.
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Curricula & Storylines Title Grade Band Driving question / topic area Category Related Kits 
Climate Change: Understanding & Engagement
6-8 What are the human impacts on the environment/Earth systems? How can I minimize my impacts? Climate Change Climate Change: Understanding & Engagement 
Conservation Kids
K-3 What is energy and how do we use it on a daily basis? Conservation Conservation Kids 
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? Electricity Electricity & Climate Change 
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? Transportation Transportation 
Home Heat Transfer Storyline
4-5, 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? Heat Transfer Home Heat Transfer 
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? Electricity Model Electric Grid Non-Contact Forces
K-3 How does Baby Yoda help us explain the behavior of magnets and static electricity? Non-Contact Forces 
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? Solar PVs in Action: Grades 4-5 
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? Solar PVs in Action: Grades 6-12 
Solar Challenge
6-8, 9-12 How can we learn to harness the sun’s renewable energy? Solar Solar Challenge: Solar Thermal Collectors 
Sun FUNdamentals
K-3 How do we use sunlight and shade to help us? Solar Sun FUNdamentals: Light & Shadows 
Wind FUNdamentals
K-3 How do we use wind? Wind Wind FUNdamentals: Using Wind to Do Work 
Wind Works
4-5, 6-8, 9-12 How can wind produce reliable, affordable, electrical energy that is clean and sustainable? Wind Wind Works Mini-Units, Extensions & Manuals Title Grade Band Driving question / topic area Category Related Kits Green Energy Careers Module for Middle School
6-8 Resources to support students' understanding of career opportunities in the green energy field. Careers Home Heat Transfer Extension: Engineering Design Challenge
6-8 How can we engineer (design, build, test, revise) a home to minimize thermal energy transfer? Heat Transfer Home Heat Transfer 
IR Cameras & Thermometers
6-8, 9-12 Visual heat transfer and measure surface temperatures in your building. Climate Change, Conservation, Heat Transfer IR Cameras & Thermometers 
Light Meters
6-8, 9-12 Measure lighting levels to assess opportunities to improve lighting efficiency. Electricity, Solar Light Meters 
Methane Digester Manual
6-8, 9-12 Instructional guide for VEEP's methane digester kit. Methane Digester Pyranometer Manual
9-12 Guide on how to use a VEEP pyranometer, a tool to measure the radiant intensity of sunlight. Pyranometer Transportation Lessons
K-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12 Mini-lesson to help students start to think about transportation in their own communities. Transportation 
Watt Meters
6-8, 9-12 Measure the electricity used by plugged-in equipment in your school Electricity Watt Meters Educational Posters Title Grade Band Driving question / topic area Category Related Kits 
Charting Our Energy Future
6-8, 9-12 Poster with charts modeling the Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan. 
Energy, Economy, Climate, and you
6-8, 9-12 Investigate your energy use, then pledge to make a difference. 
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? 
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? Home Heat Transfer 
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. 
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. 
The climate impact of getting to school NH
6-8, 9-12 
The Climate Impact of Getting to School VT
6-8, 9-12 
Your Energy & Climate Action Pathway
K-3, 4-5, 6-8, 9-12