Featured Programs

Watt Watchers

Great For Grades K-12

Watt Watchers of Texas is a free, state-sponsored STEM program to help boost energy literacy for K-12 students and help schools save money by saving energy. Students join Lil’ Tex and Ann on patrol as official Watt Watchers, helping to save Texas by rounding up the Wasters Gang. Plus, with dozens of activities centered around conserving energy, food, water, and materials that are so much fun, your students won’t even realize how much they’re learning.

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Resourcefulness

Great For Grades 6-12

Resourcefulness: An Introduction to the Energy-Water Nexus teaches key concepts about water and energy for grades 6-12 classrooms, colleges, industry, and the general public. The goal of this free resource is to improve water and energy literacy, encourage conservation, and inspire the next generation of innovators.

 

Get free 90 days of free access to Energy 101!

Perfect for Current or Aspiring Energy Professionals

Covering the vocabulary, history, resources, technology, and crosscutting social, political, and economic factors associated with global energy trends, Energy 101: Energy Technology and Policy creates energy experts who can see beyond the noise of modern energy discussions and think more critically about global energy issues.  This 32-chapter text is intended for high school students, college students, and energy professionals.

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Thirst for Power

Water and energy are the two fundamental components of a society, and they are interconnected. Thirst for Power explores the history of civilization’s quest to procure abundant water and energy — from ancient Roman aqueducts in Europe to modern America’s vast hydroelectric infrastructure.
 
Download the free middle school study guide from Paramount Education!
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Hidden Heroes

Hidden Heroes is a collection of diverse stories, life lessons, and career advice from energy industry professionals. This behind-the-scenes series highlights the career pathways and daily lives of the often unseen energy professionals who help keep our lights on and our water running.
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Minecraft Education Edition

Introduce students to alternative energy sources by having them build homes that make use of renewable energy in different Minecraft biomes. Learning objectives, guiding ideas, student activities, and performance expectations are available as part of the Renewable Energy lesson.

Conservation Station

The Conservation Station: Creating a More Resourceful World program materials dive into the relationship between energy and water and how innovative technologies are working to conserve both resources through the core pillars of resourcefulness: effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability.

PBS Learning Media

This collection presents images, video, and academic commentary to introduce key concepts and to inspire further research at the intersection of energy and water. Presented by GPB Education, the Resourcefulness collection is available from PBS LearningMedia.

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The Smart Energy Education initiative will end on December 31, 2024. Dr. Michael E. Webber and Disco Learning Media would like to thank Itron and CPS Energy for their generous sponsorship and for helping The University of Texas at Austin provide energy and water education to over 300,000 students across the Greater San Antonio area since 2020. Thank you for joining us on this journey to create a more resourceful world. If you would like to continue learning more, please visit Watt Watchers of Texas, Resourcefulness, and Energy 101.