21st-Century Topics and Tools

The specific area of physical science that I selected was Energy. The most powerful web addresses that I found were as follows:

 http://www.getintoenergy.com/  

 http://www.ferc.gov/students/index.htm

I think that these tools will help my students in becoming scientifically literate students because offers students great resources, interaction and background knowledge on the different careers available in energy. The get in to energy website has videos that describe different carriers in the energy field. It also has interactive games that that relate to a specific job in the energy industry. It also provides students with great background knowledge and various resources that they can use to find out more information about energy. It also list contest that students can participate in which will allow them to share information that they gather for their activity.  One of the websites that I researched gave a great lesson on that I could implement in my classroom along with utilizing the get into energy website. The lesson covers the different forms of energy, energy transformation and the flow of energy in a system. When students are finished with the various stations, I would have them view the videos on the get into energy website. They would then have to identify the career that they found most interesting and explain why they would venture into that career. These tools would help students stay engaged in the activity because the tools are interactive and  student friendly.

Here are some other websites that found to be interesting:

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/links/index.php?pagetype=energyed#energy

http://www.energy.gov/sciencetech/workforcedev.htm

http://www.need.org/needhopdf/Science%20of%20Energy.pdf

http://www.thegateway.org/

http://www.ferc.gov/careers/why-ferc.asp

http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/StudentInvolvement/EnergyCareers/career.htm

http://www.getwise.org/

http://www.energyhog.org/

http://www.ferc.gov/students/index.htm

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/kids/

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=kids.kids_index