Requirement 1: Do the following:

Requirement 1a: With your parent's permission, use the internet to find a blog, podcast, website, or an article on the use or conservation of energy. Discuss with your counselor what details in the article were interesting to you, the questions it raises, and what ideas it addresses that you do not understand.

Requirement 1b: After you have completed requirements 2 through 8, revisit your source for requirement 1a. Explain to your counselor what you have learned in completing the requirements that helps you better understand the article.

Requirement 2: Show you understand energy forms and conversions by doing the following:

Requirement 2a: Explain how THREE of the following devices use energy, and explain their energy conversions: toaster, greenhouse, lightbulb, bow drill, cell phone, nuclear reactor, sweat lodge.

Requirement 2b: Construct a system that makes at least two energy conversions and explain this to your counselor.

Requirement 3: Show you understand energy efficiency by explaining to your counselor a common example of a situation where energy moves through a system to produce a useful result. Do the following:

Requirement 3a: Identify the parts of the system that are affected by the energy movement.

Requirement 3b: Name the system's primary source of energy.

Requirement 3c: Identify the useful outcomes of the system.

Requirement 3d: Identify the energy losses of the system.

Requirement 4: Conduct an energy audit of your home. Keep a 14 day log that records what you and your family did to reduce energy use. Include the following in your report and, after the 14-day period, discuss what you have learned with your counselor.

Requirement 4a: List the types of energy used in your home such as electricity, wood, oil, liquid petroleum, and natural gas, and tell how each is delivered and measured, and the current cost; OR record the transportation fuel used, miles driven, miles per gallon, and trips using your family car or another vehicle.

Requirement 4b: Describe ways you and your family can use energy resources more wisely. In preparing your discussion, consider the energy required for the things you do and use on a daily basis (cooking, showering, using lights, driving, watching TV, using the computer). Explain what is meant by sustainable energy sources. Explain how you can change your energy use through reuse and recycling.

Requirement 5: In a notebook, identify and describe five examples of energy waste in your school or community. Suggest in each case possible ways to reduce this waste. Describe the idea of trade-offs in energy use. In your response, do the following:

Requirement 5a: Explain how the changes you suggest would lower costs, reduce pollution, or otherwise improve your community.

Requirement 5b: Explain what changes to routines, habits, or convenience are necessary to reduce energy waste. Tell why people might resist the changes you suggest.

Requirement 6: Prepare pie charts showing the following information, and explain to your counselor the important ideas each chart reveals. Tell where you got your information. Explain how cost affects the use of a nonrenewable energy resource and makes alternatives practical.

Requirement 6a: The energy resources that supply the United States with most of its energy

Requirement 6b: The share of energy resources used by the United States that comes from other countries

Requirement 6c: The proportion of energy resources used by homes, businesses, industry, and transportation

Requirement 6d: The fuels used to generate America's electricity

Requirement 6e: The world's known and estimated primary energy resource reserves

Requirement 7: Tell what is being done to make FIVE of the following energy systems produce more usable energy. In your explanation, describe the technology, cost, environmental impacts, and safety concerns.

Requirement 8: Find out what opportunities are available for a career in energy. Choose one position that interests you and describe the education and training required.