The Hildebrand Department of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin presents:

Energize the Future Workshop*

for Texas High School Teachers at CAST 2023

*presentations, supporting documents and resources are uploaded to this page

Thursday, November 9, 2023

George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas

Instructors: Sabrina Ewald, Dr. Hilary Olson, Dr. Jon Olson, The University of Texas at Austin

Agenda

Workshop Presentation pptx

Workshop goals and introduction of educators and participants

Presentation: Energy and Energy Intensity Introduction

Activity: Power of Potatoes docx
*Resource for ordering ballast bags pdf

Presentation: Energy and Energy Intensity Conclusion

Activity: Graphs – GDP vs. Energy pdf

Discussion: GDP vs. Energy

Presentation: Introduction to Carbon Emissions

Activity: Emissions from Fossil Fuels at the Global Scale

• Energy Resources Efficiency Ranking Worksheet pdf
• China, India, US Emissions Comparison pdf
• Discussion Questions docx

Activity: Free-Response Questions on Energy pdf
*Enlarged Graph pdf

Wrap-Up & Resources:

• EnergyExcursions.com teacher page
• Energize the Future mini-course
• TEKS alignment
• Teacher Community
• Energy Science & Technology Institute summer workshop at The University of Texas at Austin