Classroom Materials and Activities
Energy4me educational materials were created by teachers for teachers and have been tested in the classroom environment. Let us know how you are using them and any suggestions you have that would make them even better!
Interactive Animation: Mechanics of Fluid Flow into a Horizontal Wellbore
Animation allows you to affect fluid flow by manipulating well conditions; courtesy of PFC Energy.
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Interactive Animation: Mechanics of Fluid Flow into a Vertical Wellbore
Animation allows you to affect fluid flow by manipulating well conditions; courtesy of PFC Energy.
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Fact or Fiction: test your energy IQ
Fact or Fiction is divided into three levels for beginners, intermediate, and expert players. Pick your level and go! Your score is calculated when you complete all the questions in one of the levels.
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Oil and Natural Gas book with ready-to-go lesson plans and experiments
Demonstrate the dynamic processes of the discovery of oil and how it shapes our world with SPE’s fun, information-filled book on the history and uses of oil. This easy-to-read book is loaded with colorful photos, diagrams and graphics. Teachers receive a free book when an SPE member visits their classroom! Download free corresponding lesson plans and experiments that meet U.S. national standards.
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Energize your classroom with the Energy4me Kit
The Energy4me Kit offers teaching aids, speaker resources, sample presentations, classroom activities and hands-on experiments for getting your students excited about energy! Download and print any of these materials for free, or purchase a boxed kit for $30 USD. Order Now»
Click your language to download free materials from the kit (PDF format):
Smart Energy Choice Bookmarks
Bookmarks on using energy wisely; available as printed materials in English. An order of 1 pack of 24 bookmarks is free, or they can be downloaded in PDF format in multiple languages.
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Career Brochure
Share an exciting engineering career option with your students—including the top 10 reasons to become a petroleum engineer. Orders of 25 brochures or fewer are free (English). Available in multiple languages as PDF.
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The Cost of Car Ownership Brochure
Learn how to increase your car’s gas mileage with this handy pamphlet! Available in English only.
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Classroom Activities
| Elementary | ||
|---|---|---|
HandoutsRenewable Fuel Sources Nonrenewable Fuel Sources PetroPete Secret Message |
ExperimentsCupcake Core Sampling (offsite link) Let’s Drill for Oil and Gas It’s a Gas |
PresentationsEnergy – Making Our Lives Easier (elementary) |
| Intermediate | ||
HandoutsRenewable or Nonrenewable |
Experiments |
PresentationsEnergy – Making Our Lives Easier (elementary) Petroleum Engineers Make a World of Difference (intermediate/secondary) |
| Secondary | ||
HandoutsEnergy Sources of the World What is Your Energy IQ? (API; off-site link) |
Experiments |
PresentationsEnergy – Making Our Lives Easier (elementary) Petroleum Engineers Make a World of Difference (intermediate/secondary) Energy’s Grand Challenges(educators/adults) |
