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The Energy Water Nexus is an educational film created by the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority that takes a humorous look at the relationship between water and electricity. Intended for students in grades 6 and up, the movie explains some of the connections between water and electricity.

The mission of OurEarth.org is to engage, empower, and nurture current and future environmental leaders by providing education and access to information. OurEarth.org combines a novel combination of grassroots activism, education, and internet technology to achieve its goals.

This teacher page, produced by the Energy Information Administration, provides activities for using Energy Kids as a resource to teach students about energy in a fun and interactive way. The website includes lesson plans, field trips, a career corner, and a teacher guide. The guide provides Language Arts, Math, Performing Arts, Science and Social Studies extension activities by age levels.

This website offers different pages with information about the importance of saving energy and how to do it, including top ten energy-saving rules, a Q&A section and fun facts. Each informational page offers links for parents and teachers.

This site, created by the Energy Information Administration specifically for kids, includes energy facts, games and activities, energy history, classroom activities, links, an energy glossary, and an energy conversion calculator.

The mission of the National Energy Education Development Project is to promote an energy conscious and educated society by creating effective networks of students, educators, business, government and community leaders to design and deliver objective, multi-sided energy education programs.

This series of PowerPoints and hands-on activities from COSEE-NOW is designed for teachers to use in their classrooms to help discuss the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Teaches can decide which activities and topics to include, download the appropriate PowerPoint and then modify the PowerPoint according to thier grade level and the time available.

Published by the World Economic Forum, this report outlines the many links between water, energy and climate change, with a particular focus on the water requirements of energy production. 

This program provides statistics, graphics, reports and news on the water-energy nexus.

Earth: The Operators' Manual (ETOM) is a new PBS climate change program hosted by Richard Alley. The program presents an objective assessment of climate change as it takes viewers around the globe to investigate sustainable energy projects. The ETOM website for educators streams clips from each episode for use in the classroom.