Energy Awareness Month
K-12 Student & Teacher Resources
October is Energy Awareness Month. This observance is a national effort to highlight how central energy is to our nation’s prosperity, security, and environmental well-being.
In 1991, President George H. W. Bush started the observance of “National Energy Awareness Month”. Through this campaign, he encouraged state and local governments, organizations, and agencies to maximize efforts in managing the nation’s energy resources to increase sustainability.
For more information on RRC’s observance of Energy Awareness Month, view the new release at https://www.rrc.texas.gov/news/100424-rrc-highlights-october-energy-awareness-month/.
The resources below are available for use by families, students, and teachers during Energy Awareness Month and beyond.
Railroad Commission of Texas
- Public GIS Viewer Scavenger Hunt – Introduction
- Public GIS Viewer Scavenger Hunt – Scenario One
- RRC Careers Coloring Page
- RRC Overview
- Texas Oil & Gas: Energy Production and Its Impact by the Numbers
Texas Policy Council
- https://www.classroompowered.org/ – Resources to educate people about our abundant, reliable, and affordable energy resources, to promote human health, combat poverty, and improve the quality of life for all people.
University of Texas at Austin
- https://energyexcursions.com/ – Energy Excursions courses focus on engineering/earth sciences related to the energy industry, but integrate other STEM areas such as chemistry, physics, and environmental science. Each course contains several focused lessons with clearly presented summary, motivation, and learning outcomes at the beginning of each lesson. Our goal with Energy Excursions is to inspire conversation around global energy challenges and solutions through the development and dissemination of energy-focused content for a variety of audiences: high-school teachers, high-school students, and the public.
- https://energyexcursions.com/register/ – Teachers can join our Teacher Community to receive classroom resources that are correlated to Next Generation Science Standards, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, and Advanced Placement Environmental Science This Teacher Community provides information on upcoming workshops being offered at educator and professional conferences.
- https://pge.utexas.edu/about/strategic-plan/energy-science-and-technology-institute – The Energy Science & Technology Institute introduces STEM high school teachers to the latest technological innovations in the Texas energy industry, with specific applications in the areas of subsurface engineering and geology.
