Thank you for visiting the Get Into Energy web site! Not only will you learn about energy careers, but below you will find games, contests, and cool web sites related to energy.

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Learn More about Energy 

Play PowerUp today and prove it's NOT too late! to save the earth Join the other brave volunteers who are heeding the distress call! You'll come from far and wide to work together putting your skills to the test in some of the most extreme environments imaginable and the stakes are high, life and death!

http://www.powerupthegame.org/


AEP's Louie's Page: http://aep.electricuniverse.com/eu_louie.php?sec=1&mc=0&sc=0&pn=louie_home.html
            Have fun while you learn about electricity and safety!

Southern Company's Learning Power site - http://www.southerncompany.com/learningpower

U.S. Department of Energy Energy Glossary - http://www.energy.gov/energyglossaries.htm

A site with energy glossaries, dictionaries, and science terms

 

• Energy Hog - http://www.energyhog.org/

  An exciting web site to learn more about energy efficiency

  
  Energy Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy
              Use Wikipedia to learn more about energy from its history, forms, to energy conservation
  
  U.S. Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Kids Page - http://www1.eere.energy.gov/kids/index.html

  Fun activities to learn more about renewable energy

Cool New Websites

• Ask a Scientist! - http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/aas.htm

  Answers to more than 20,000 questions that are not commonly found in libraries, reference books, or text book

• Chem4kids - http://www.chem4kids.com/

  Struggling with chemistry? Visit this fun web site to answer all of your chemistry questions

• Kinetic City - http://www.kineticcity.com/

  Knowledge viruses and destroying the world’s science. By playing the Power Up! Game you  make things right!

• How Stuff Works - http://www.howstuffworks.com/

  Hundreds of pictures and articles which explain almost anything you want to know about energy!

Contests

• FIRST Robotics Competition - http://www.usfirst.org/what/frc/default.aspx?id=366

  A unique varsity sport of the mind designed to you discover how interesting and rewarding the life of engineers and researchers can be!

• FIRST Tech Challenge - http://www.usfirst.org/what/fvc/default.aspx?id=380

  The FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) is a robotics competition that has a more accessible and affordable robotics kit

• BEST Robotics Competition - http://www.bestinc.org

  How about creating a robot? Join the BEST Robotics competition in your area!

• National Science Bowl

  Middle School Students - http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/nmsb/students.htm

  High School Students - http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/nsb/default.htm

• The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Bowl® is a nationwide competition that tests your knowledge in all areas of science. Do you like game shows? At the Bowl high school and middle school students are quizzed in a fast paced question-and-answer format similar to Jeopardy.
• Exploravision - http://www.exploravision.org/

  Create and explore a vision of future technology by combining your imagination with the tools of science. All inventions and innovations result from creative thinking and problem solving.

• Igniting Creative Energy - http://www.ignitingcreativeenergy.org/students.html

  Use your creativity on how to save energy and you can win a trip for you and a family member!

Science Projects

Get tips and ideas for your next science project! There are lots of great energy-related science projects to choose from.

• Homework Spot - http://www.homeworkspot.com/sciencefair/ 
• All Science Fair Projects - http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/
• Science Fair Idea Exchange - http://scienceclub.org/scifair.html
• About.com - http://chemistry.about.com/od/sciencefairprojects/a/scipromiddle.htm

Games

• Energyville - http://www.willyoujoinus.com/energyville/

  Put your mind to work to figure out how to power a city of 3.9 million people

• Energy Quest Games Page - http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/games/index.html

  Do you like crosswords, word searches, and jigsaw puzzles? Go to this site to try out energy-oriented games

• Energy Matters - http://library.thinkquest.org/20331/game/

  This game simulates the energy crisis situation that scientists predict will occur sometime in the 21st century. As man continues to deplete the world's natural reserves, alternatives to harnessing energy must be discovered.

• Energy Net http://www.energynet.net/games/

  You will find energy games and scavenger hunts created by EnergyNet for you as well as some other games for when you need to take a break