Educators said they wanted access to electronic versions (all in PDF) of our guides to save paper, shipping costs, and to reduce our carbon footprint. The entire NEED portfolio is available online! If you have recommendations for making the organization of the guides more user friendly, let us know. Most curriculum materials are still available in print and many in class-sets as well. Preview the NEED catalog for pricing.

• NEED Curriculum Guides - By Grade Level - Primary (K-2) - Elementary (3-5) - Intermediate (6-8) - Secondary (9-12)
• NEED Curriculum Guides - By Subject
• NEED Curriculum Guides - By Title
• NEED Graphics Library

The 2011-2012 NEED Energy Curriculum Kit Contains:

• 2011-2012 Resource Catalog
  Want to learn more about NEED products and services? Need to print out a Catalog Order Form? Need information about ordering specific pieces of NEED's hands-on kits?
• Blueprint for Success
  This guide was designed to help educators develop effective energy education programs. It provides an outline of a basic energy curriculum unit, and a matrix of all curriculum options. To help teachers plan their own custom energy unit a brief description about all of NEED’s curriculum materials can be found in this resource. Included in the booklet are the Energy Polls on four levels for pre/post assessment evaluations.
  Also included in the Blueprint is a sample workplan and suggestions for energy outreach activities to other classes, schools, families, and communities, as well as the Youth Awards Program Guide and Application Form.
• NEED Energy Infobooks 
  Available in 4 levels - Primary, Elementary, Intermediate, and Secondary!
• Energy Games and Icebreakers
  This guide contains introductory energy activities and games, including Electric Connections, Energy Chants, Bumper Stumpers, Energy Bingo, and America’s Most Wanted Energy Wasters.
• Energy in the Balance
  This activity introduces elementary students to the advantages and disadvantages of the major energy sources through a series of critical thinking, charting and graphing activities.
• Energy Enigma
  Students work in groups researching energy sources and energy production and consumption information. Then teams use critical thinking skills to hide the identity of their energy source while trying to guess which energy sources the other teams represent.

Program Resources

• National and State Standards Correlations
• Curriculum Correlations - NEED makes a ongoing effort to keep our curriculum materials correlated to state standards and to the National Science Education Standards.
• "NEED" a Science Fair project? Here are some simple experiments! Before you start though, consult NEED's Energy Fair to learn more about planning a Science Fair Project.
• The Energy Bike Guide provides instructions for assembling the Energy Bike and an extensive curriculum for using the Energy Bike to explore concepts of electricity.
• Energy in the Round activities involve a classroom of students and help students make connections between the sources of energy and other topics.  (Grades 5-12)
• Energy Web Game / School hang tags / Home hang tags 
  Buildings – homes and schools - are interactive systems consisting of occupants, mechanical systems, and the movement of heat, air, and moisture. All of these aspects relate to indoor air quality, the cost of energy, and environmental impacts. This activity helps students understand the systemic nature of energy use, and is a strong reinforcement tool for kinesthetic and visual learners.
• Greek Mythology and Forms of Energy
  Greek Mythology is a wonderful literary vehicle with which to integrate forms of energy. The ancient Greeks did not have the scientific tools we have today to study the natural phenomena affecting them, so they used myths to try to make sense of their world. This activity integrates literature and science to capture student interest by reading mythological explanations for natural phenomena we recognize as forms of energy.
  Many thanks to Donna Quillen, NEED Lead Teacher at Prospect Elementary School in Monroe, North Carolina for developing this activity for incorporating energy into classroom activities about mythology. We suggest using this for grades 4-8, but it can be adapted to other grade levels as well.
• Pretzel Power
  A new twist on an old activity! Students will recognize the energy efficiency of different kinds of transportation and the benefits of carpooling. Featured at the 2010 Youth Awards for Energy Achievement.
• Build Your Own Model Wind Turbine From PVC Pipe
  If you would like to build your own model wind turbines from PVC pipe to use with NEED's wind curriculum, download these instructions. 

• Kentucky Department of Education Fundamentals of Energy Course for CTE Classrooms, designed and developed by NEED