SEEDS Energy Literacy Series

Who?

The SEEDS (Society, Environment and Energy Development Studies) Foundation has developed a new web-based Energy Literacy Series.

What?

The new Energy Literacy Series explores the sources, uses, technologies, and issues of different types of energy. The details include:

Introduction to energy and information about ten energy sources
Up-to-date information on emerging energy sources
Bias-balanced information on Canadian energy production and issues
Analyses of harnessing and converting different types of energy
Specifically correlated to Canadian programs of study
Engaging and user friendly
High quality diagrams, images, and animations
Small segments of textual information have rollovers and pop-up screens that show additional descriptions, diagrams, and photos
Animated text is also presented audibly with an on-screen volume control
Web screens use flash animation that is accessible with low bandwidth connections such as a 56k telephone modem.

Why?

Teacher focus groups requested:

Non-print student instructional resources
Graphic and animation-based instruction
Virtual tours of energy source locations, sites, and facilities

When?

The program is complete and accessible from SEEDS’ web site and the Centre for Energy’s web portal.

A teacher's resource will be completed in 2006. It will have multiple "storylines" connecting various curriculum outcomes to the energy source modules. It will describe how to use the program and curriculum correlations.

How?

Implementation: SEEDS Foundation will conduct conference presentations and workshops to inform and in-service teachers. Energy companies may find the Energy Literacy Series useful as a background for their employees.


	Who? The SEEDS (Society, Environment and Energy Development Studies) Foundation has developed a new web-based Energy Literacy Series. What? The new Energy Literacy Series explores the sources, uses, technologies, and issues of different types of energy. The details include: Introduction to energy and information about ten energy sources Up-to-date information on emerging energy sources Bias-balanced information on Canadian energy production and issues Analyses of harnessing and converting different types of energy Specifically correlated to Canadian programs of study Engaging and user friendly High quality diagrams, images, and animations Small segments of textual information have rollovers and pop-up screens that show additional descriptions, diagrams, and photos Animated text is also presented audibly with an on-screen volume control Web screens use flash animation that is accessible with low bandwidth connections such as a 56k telephone modem. Why? Teacher focus groups requested: Non-print student instructional resources Graphic and animation-based instruction Virtual tours of energy source locations, sites, and facilities When? The program is complete and accessible from SEEDS’ web site and the Centre for Energy’s web portal. A teacher's resource will be completed in 2006. It will have multiple "storylines" connecting various curriculum outcomes to the energy source modules. It will describe how to use the program and curriculum correlations. How? Implementation: SEEDS Foundation will conduct conference presentations and workshops to inform and in-service teachers. Energy companies may find the Energy Literacy Series useful as a background for their employees.