Table of Contents

• Iowa's Electric Energy Sources Today
• Background Information
• Mathematics Activities
  Estimating How Much Electrical Energy We Use
  How Do You Read an Electric Meter?
• Science Activities
  Investigating Coal and Coal Flowers
  Making a Simple Turbine Model
  Investigating Water Pressure
• Social Studies Activities
  Getting To Know Iowa's Power Plants
  Where is Coal Found in the United States?
  Where Do You Get Your Energy?
• Language Arts Activities
  Lifestyles and Energy Survey
  Burning Coal to Make Electricity
  Letter-Writing Activity
  Lump of Coal
  Energy Listening Activity
• Assessment Activities