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Energy Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Energy Education- DOE

Initial Publication Date: April 29, 2016

Summary

Intended use of this document as a guide includes, but is not limited to, formal and informal energy education, standards development, curriculum design, assessment development, and educator trainings.

The Energy Literacy Framework:

Energy Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Energy Education presents energy concepts that, if understood and applied, will help individuals and communities make informed energy decisions.

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Description and Teaching Materials

Teaching Notes and Tips

Energy Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Energy Education presents energy concepts that, if understood and applied, will help individuals and communities make informed energy decisions. Energy is an inherently interdisciplinary topic. Concepts fundamental to understanding energy arise in nearly all, if not all, academic disciplines.
This guide is intended to be used across disciplines. Both an integrated and systems-based approach to understanding energy are strongly encouraged.

Energy Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Energy Education identifies seven Essential Principles and a set of Fundamental Concepts to support each principle. This guide does not seek to identify all areas of energy understanding, but rather to focus on those that are essential for all citizens. The Fundamental Concepts have been drawn, in part, from existing education standards and benchmarks.

The intended audience for this document is anyone involved in energy education. Used in formal educational environments, this guide provides direction without adding new concepts to the educator's curriculum. This guide is not a curriculum. The Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts offer a framework upon which curricula can be based without prescribing when, where, or how content is to be delivered.


References and Resources

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Citation

(2013). Energy Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Energy Education- DOE. Retrieved from http://www.camelclimatechange.org/view/presentation/51cbf8a27896bb431f6b9419