Welcome to Energy Classroom
We invite you to learn about energy and conservation.
We are making these educational resources available because we believe informed energy consumers will make wise choices to assure a bright energy future for all of us. Here you can find materials for teachers, help for students doing projects, video stories, experiments to try, and interactive games and puzzles.
What’s new with wind? See our brand new Virtual Wind Farm Tour!
Power Sources
Find out where energy comes from and how electricity is created. Get a better understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of each energy source.
Clean Energy Planet
What kind of planet will we leave for the next generation? See some of the newest efforts to make cleaner energy for the future, starting now!
Virtual Power Plant Tour
Grab a hard hat and come along as we go behind the scenes at a power plant. You'll learn where the electricity you use every day is made.
Virtual Wind Farm Tour
Learn more about the fastest growing
energy source on the planet when you
go behind the scenes — and inside the
tower — at a wind farm!
Conservation
Learn good reasons to save energy. What actions can you take right now to help protect the environment and use energy more wisely?
Power & Wildlife
We have a nesting instinct! Find out how Xcel Energy is working with naturalists to protect wildlife, especially birds, and improve habitat.
Careers In Energy
Explore the interesting careers available at an energy company, and "interview" some of our employees to find out what it's like to work at Xcel Energy.
Power Questions
Stuck on an energy question? Here are the answers to some of the questions we at Xcel Energy get most often from students.
Power Words
Expand your vocabulary with this glossary, designed to help students master new energy concepts.
Energy Safety
Do you smell rotten eggs or a sulphur-like odor? That may be a natural gas leak. Find out how to use natural gas and electricity safely!
Teacher Resources
Find tips to maximize Energy Classroom materials in your classroom, meet science learning standards, and make your students smart energy consumers.
Cool Links
We found tons of cool, kid-friendly sites
about energy as we worked on this
project, and we believe in sharing.
Check it out!
