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Calculating Energy
All student activities and teacher's guides open as a downloadable .pdf in a new window. Each guide consists of national standards, detailed instructions, materials needed, and activity answers.
Paying at the Pump
Objective: Students will learn some of the components involved in gas prices and use this knowledge to complete the worksheet
Skills: Interpreting a chart, calculating price differences and percentages
From the Source to the Pump
Objective: To inform students about transporting oil by having them complete the worksheet
Skills: Reading for information, problem solving
Calculating the Cost
Objective: Students will learn about factors that are important when selecting a car by reading the worksheet and completing the answers
Skills: Analytical thinking, comparing mathematical quantities
Filling Up
Objective: To help students compare and contrast the price of gasoline to E85
Skills: Predicting, collecting and interpreting data, comparing, drawing conclusions