Be an ECO ED Super Kid
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Are you ready to be an ECO ED Super Kid? On SENCON’s ECO Kids Club page you’ll find all sorts of fun facts and activities that you can do with your mom, dad, brothers, sisters or friends to help make your home and neighborhood a more Earth-friendly place. Helping your family use less energy, make your home cleaner and more comfortable, and help Mother Earth has never been more fun or easy to do. So let’s get started.
Green Tip of the Day
Before you open the refrigerator, think of what you want first. Then you can get it out and close the door more quickly, keeping the cold from escaping and reducing the need for the refrigerator's compressor to run.
Fun Activities
SENCON Energy Quiz
Hey kids, want to check your Energy IQ? Take SENCON's fun energy quiz and see how much you know about saving energy. Take the quiz by clicking here.
Energy Star Activities
Download and print out some of these fun activity books and brochures from our friends at Energy Star.
- Horton Activity Book »
- Lorax Activity Book »
- Lorax Checklist Poster »
- A Beautiful World Starts with You Brochure »
- Un Mundo Bello Comienza Contigo »
For more fun interactive and printable activities from Energy Star, visit their kid’s site »
National Energy Education Development Activities
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Education Development (NEED) program offers some great energy-related experiments and projects for kids of all ages. Here are some of our favorites:
- Comparing Light Bulbs »
- Build a Pizza Box Solar Oven »
- Build a Draft-O-Meter »
- Conduct Your Own Energy Assessment »
- Energy from the Sun Student Guide »
- The Planet Janitor Coloring Book »
For more cool experiments and projects for older students, as well as younger ones, visit NEED’s Science Fair Project »
For Teachers and Parents
For more lesson plans and activities for all grades and ages, visit the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy website dedicated to Energy Education and Workforce Development and visit their Teach and Learn page. The Energy Star Kids' site also has a special page for parents and teachers with additional activities and information.
Awesome Links
Below are some of our favorite sites for kids interested in learning about making their homes more energy efficient and their world a greener place to live. Many of these sites offer interactive online activities that are both fun and educational. Check back often as we will update this list as more online resources come to our attention.
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National Energy Education Development Project Students Activities & Projects »
Go Green with Logan
Hi, I’m Logan and I’m in the sixth grade. A couple of summers ago, I was sitting there like Phineas and Ferb wondering what I was going to do for the day when I decided it would be a good idea to encourage my neighbors to do more to go green and help our planet. I started out by making a list of tips for the kids on my street to follow and encourage their parents to stop wasting energy and to help all of us have a cleaner, nicer neighborhood. I even handed out a green checklist and gave a badge to kids who did everything on the list with their parents. It has been a lot of fun. Best of all, it’s easy. In Go Green with Logan, I hope to share some of the fun things and tips that I have done and learned in my time trying to be a better—and more energy conscious—citizen.
activites that will get the family or class building a better tomorrow.