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    What You Should Know About Energy

    Guidelines for Energy Knowledge

    The National Science Education Standards - Section 5 (do an "edit" and "find" on "energy" in Section 5 - Assessment in Science Education) explains how to see "energy" as a cross-cutting, unifying concept in science.

    What everyone should know about energy depends on their age and current level of knowledge. We have brainstormed on this and created "mindmaps" for:
  • pre-readers,
  • primary students,
  • elementary students,
  • middle school students,
  • high school students, and
  • one for those who want to know all aspects of this unifying concept called energy.

    Date last updated: August 10, 2005