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K-8 science and safety student workbooks

Mouse House Surprise

Grades K-1
Unit: Reading, Science, Health Safety
Material: Story book with activities
Includes: Big Book for teacher

Mouse House Surprise

Introduce electrical safety with characters who discover where electricity comes from and what their world would be like without it. Teacher’s Big Book provides illustrated activities on how to stay safe — indoors and out.

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Sam and Jody Save the Circus

Grades 2-3
Unit: Language Arts, Health Safety
Material: Student lesson book with writing exercises
Includes: Teacher’s guide

Sam and Jody Save the Circus

Students are challenged to identify safety risks and write safety rules. Through dangerous-acting animals, students learn the power of electricity and importance of safety. Included is a creative writing activity.

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Stay Safe

Grades 3-4
Unit: Science, health safety
Material: Student work book with exercises

stay safe

Students learn how a human body can conduct electricity and how electricity and natural gas get to your home. Reinforces generation and distribution of energy sources.

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Paths for Electricity

Grades 4-6
Unit: Science, language arts, health safety
Material: Student work book with experiments
Includes: Teacher’s guide and light bulb experiment pack

paths for electricity

Students investigate circuits, conductors and insulators through hands-on experiments. Find out where electricity comes from and how it gets to your house while exploring how electricity works. Experiment pack includes copper wire and light bulbs. Useful tool for an electricity and magnetism lesson plan.

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Safe at Home Using Natural Gas Wisely

Grades 4-5
Unit: Science, math, health safety
Material: Student workbook with experiments and graphing
Includes: Teacher’s guide and mercapton sticker

safe at home using natural gas wisely

In this piece, students travel back in time to learn how sources of heat have changed over the past 70 years — and then they can graph their results. Students learn about natural gas and its properties. Included are teacher demonstrations, safety information on carbon monoxide, a scratch-and-sniff sticker and efficiency tips.

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Zap! Play it Safe

Grades 5-6
Unit: Science, Language Arts, Health Safety
Material: Student magazine book

Zap! Play it Safe

Explore facts, puzzles, experiments and more through magazine-style stories on electric shock, fossil fuels and electric fish. Learn how shock happens and what to do if you smell natural gas. Also create your own electrical and natural gas safety poster.

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Activities

Follow the Rules

Grades K-3
Unit: Science, Health Safety
Material: Student coloring sheet

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By following a few simple rules, students can learn how to stay safe around electricity and natural gas. This coloring sheet allows students to identify and match safe behaviors with tangible electrical and natural gas equipment.


Energy Education with Ben

Grades 4-8
Unit: Science, Technology
Material: Teacher’s guide with CD-ROM and experimental activities

energy education with ben

This cd-rom takes you on a virtual tour of a power plant while providing a history of fuel and scientific experiments that will fit nicely into your energy unit. Learn about energy scientists and how electricity is transmitted to your home.

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Energy Guzzler

Grades 4-8
Unit: Science, Technology
Material: Student numbering sheet

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This activity explores energy use around the house while investigating electricity and its number of uses in our lives. Includes student numbering sheet with appliances and a teacher answer sheet.



Follow the Rules

Grades K-5
Unit: Science, Health Safety
Material: Teacher's Guide with student activities and coloring sheet

Follow the Rules

Ready-made lessons for your classroom to explore electricity and natural gas generation and safety. Lessons are matched with colorful graphics and student activities, such as "I Spy," to teach four rules of safety. The guide concludes with a vocabulary list and student certificate.


Safety Guide

Adult material: brochure

Safety Guide

Comprehensive guide to safety in and around your home. Good for background knowledge on electrical and natural gas safety.

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