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This collection includes SEEd resources created by the Utah Office of Energy Development. Learn more by visiting the UOED education website: https://energy.utah.gov/education/.

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Impacting Utah's Air
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Students will understand valley inversions and be able to explain why inversions occur. Students will identify the impact of PM 2.5. Students will develop a solution to use less energy and therefore produce less emissions.

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Utah Office of Energy Development
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Energy Education
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Utah Office of Energy Development
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03/03/2022
The Many Uses of Petroleum
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Students will obtain information about the difference between natural and synthetic materials by creating their own plastic sample from milk. They will compare it to the process of refining oil and obtain information about all the different products that are made from petroleum.

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Utah Office of Energy Development
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Energy Education
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Utah Office of Energy Development
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03/03/2022
Minerals In Our Daily Lives
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Students will explore what a mineral is, where they are found in Utah and what minerals are used for. They will construct a scientific explanation of what causes some minerals to be found in Utah while others aren’t and why the minerals found here are not distributed evenly across the state.

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Utah Office of Energy Development
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Energy Education
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Utah Office of Energy Development
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03/03/2022
Mining and Reclamation to Protect the Environment
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Students will develop a plan to mitigate the effects of our extraction of natural resources through mining. They will develop a plan to make use of land in a way that encourages the restoration of the natural ecosystem. They will identify the effects to the environment caused by the mining and research how mining reclamation has been done in the past, including specific examples from Utah.

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Utah Office of Energy Development
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Energy Education
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Utah Office of Energy Development
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03/03/2022
Natural Gas: How This Energy Source was Formed
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Students will identify different states of matter, make a model of the effect of heat energy on particles and connect Utah’s natural resources to Utah’s daily life and industry.

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Utah Office of Energy Development
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Energy Education
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Utah Office of Energy Development
Date Added:
03/03/2022
Patterns in Materials
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Students will plan and carry out an investigation on minerals to look for patterns associated with their color, hardness, streak color and response to magnetism. Students will be able to identify the minerals based on the investigation.

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Utah Office of Energy Development
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Energy Education
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Utah Office of Energy Development
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03/03/2022
Physical Change with Matter and Heat
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Students will identify different states of matter, the conservation of mass with phase change and make observations of energy/heat loss during a physical change in matter.

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Utah Office of Energy Development
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03/03/2022
Plastics-Where Do They Come From?
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Students will research different types of plastics and their uses. They will also conduct several tests on the plastics to determine their physical properties.

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Utah Office of Energy Development
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03/03/2022
The Power Of Wind
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Students will identify wind power as a source of energy and use the engineering process to determine construction of the blades, the housing unit and wind power enough volts to light one LED light bulb.

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Utah Office of Energy Development
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Energy Education
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Utah Office of Energy Development
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03/03/2022
Powering Your Future With an Energy Career
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Students will learn about various careers related to energy. Students will learn about specific energy careers based on their interests.

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Utah Office of Energy Development
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Energy Education
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Utah Office of Energy Development
Date Added:
03/03/2022
Thermal Energy Conversion Using Peltier Power
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Students will build and map the energy flow through a circuit and observe how energy transforms from heat into electrical energy with a thermoelectric device (Peltier Plate).

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Utah Office of Energy Development
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Energy Education
Author:
Utah Office of Energy Development
Date Added:
03/03/2022
Transporting Liquid Oil
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Students will conduct an investigation to determine which insulators work best and compare materials. Students will design insulation that allows Utah’s waxy crude oil to remain as a liquid during transport.

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Utah Office of Energy Development
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Energy Education
Author:
Utah Office of Energy Development
Date Added:
03/03/2022
Using Natural Resources in Utah
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Students will look at maps of energy sources in Utah and compare it to the geography and population centers in Utah to explain where new sites should be proposed.

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Utah Office of Energy Development
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Energy Education
Author:
Utah Office of Energy Development
Date Added:
03/03/2022
Utah Climate
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Students will analyze data sets to interpret factors changing Utah temperatures and its regional climate. They will also report on the comparison that they research and apply it to Utah.

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Utah Office of Energy Development
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Energy Education
Author:
Utah Office of Energy Development
Date Added:
03/03/2022