Energy Academy
Grades 6-8 | STEM & Energy Careers
Energy Academy is a 35-minute interactive performance for students in grades 6-8. The live show teaches the students about STEM and how they can see themselves in the clean energy career field. Students will also receive free energy kits to bring home to their families. Each kit includes a 5-outlet power strip, faucet aerators, and other tools that create real, measurable energy and cost savings — putting what they’ve learned into practice right away.
Live In-School Performance
Standards-Aligned
Teacher Resources
Take-home Energy-saving Kit
Interactive & Engaging
Topics Covered
- Explore and identify their own interests — connecting what excites them to real-world applications
- Discover career clusters — understanding the broad categories of jobs (like energy, technology, and skilled trades) and how their interests map onto them
- Build a strong skillset — learning the STEM and problem-solving skills that open doors across multiple career paths
- Define the clean energy career field — introducing students to the fast-growing world of clean energy and the variety of roles within it, from engineering to environmental science to skilled trades
Educational Standards
All NTC programs align with state educational standards, including science, social studies, financial literacy, and health standards, depending on the specific program. Programs also align with national standards such as NGSS, NCAS, and Common Core.
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Materials Included
This in-school performance comes with a Teacher Toolkit, providing educators with easy-to-use online resources that extend the learning experience.
Audience Guidelines – Before the show, watch a brief video to equip students with the skills they need to be excellent audience members.
Pre-Show Materials – Get students primed for learning with KWL charts and vocabulary words to scaffold their experience.
Student Booklet – The printed activity book contains several program-themed activities to engage elementary school students, that can be completed in the classroom or at home. The book also features a center-spread arts integration activity for students to share with their families. The booklet is also available digitally in the Teacher Toolkit.
Hands-on Lessons – These easy-to-use lessons let students and teachers bring the educational content to life in the classroom.
Digital Games – Using characters and elements from the program, the digital games offer challenging levels to test students’ knowledge of facts and vocabulary while keeping them engaged.
See the program in action
What Teachers are Saying
The presenters were very entertaining and interacted well with our group of 5th graders. We appreciate their time & effort and that this program was free! Thank you!
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Wonderful presentation! The children (and teachers!) really enjoyed it. It was entertaining as well as educational.
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The program was fabulous. I had the students read the packet with me and then we played all the games before the performance part of the program. The performance then really solidified the information. The actors were absolutely terrific including being loud enough for everyone to hear in the gym. I thought all the signs put up during the show and the ending summary were also great.
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The actors did a wonderful job engaging my students. I loved how they set the expectations for behavior in the beginning of the show. It helped set the stage for learning. The actors were enthusiastic and created a positive energy throughout the auditorium. My kids had a wonderful time and learned important lessons in the process. Well done!
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The program was great. The students were engaged and the actors were professional and appropriate with the students.
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Why schools choose NTC
NTC has been touring the United States with free educational programming for over 45 years. Whether you are a first-timer or a repeat participant, we’re excited to offer this opportunity to you free of charge, provided by organizations in your region that care about the future of your students and our planet.
Available for
In-School Performance
Topic
STEM & Energy Career
Program Length
35 Minutes
Audience
Grades 6-8
Includes
Teacher and Student Resources, Energy Saving Kit