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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

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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

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Calculating the Costs

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

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Filling Up - Knowing your Options

Objective:  To help students compare and contrast the price of gasoline to E85

Skills: Predicting, collecting and interpreting data, comparing, drawing conclusions

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