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This guide provides an introduction to renewable energy, designed specifically for young learners in kindergarten through second grade. Bring fun and engaging lessons to your young learners with various interactive activities. In this guide, you'll find simple lesson plans, hands-on experiments, and books to facilitate understanding. Students will appreciate sustainable practices from an early age by exploring different renewable energy resources. We hope these materials inspire you and your students to discover the exciting world of renewable energy.

Lesson Plans

These kindergarten through second grade lesson plans cover renewable energy topics like green transportation, wind, and solar energy, with activities specifically for young learners. Through these engaging lessons, students will grasp the significance of renewable energy and its environmental impact.

Transportation Unit Plan

This 4-lesson unit investigates different modes of transportation and the types of energy we use around the world!

Wind Energy: Engineering and Art Lesson
Renewable Energy: Solar
Sun Lesson for Kids

Next Steps

Whether you are looking for a full lesson or supplemental activities for your curriculum, you can find what you need in this guide. Explore resources on energy and more topics at SubjectToClimate.org.

ELA K-2

MATH K-2

Teaching Climate Change K-2

Food & Climate Change K-2


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