EV Lessons for Schools Overview

This EV Lessons for Schools program introduces students to electric vehicles (EVs) and helps them understand why it is helpful to think about our transportation habits and their environmental impacts. Students build awareness of advancing electric vehicle technologies as they examine different types of EVs, consider the advantages and disadvantages of EVs, and compare EVs to traditional cars. They also think through important considerations related to an EV purchase, such as factors that might offset initial costs and how an EV owner plans a long-distance trip. They explore the issue of EV equity and think about ways they could help make sure EVs are accessible to everyone, including people in low-income communities that are often hardest hit by emissions pollution. Students also examine an EV charging station and its related app to see first-hand how the technology works and to gather data on electric vehicles. In the final lesson, students learn a design-thinking process to help them tackle a short-term or long-term capstone project related to EVs that could have long-lasting impacts for their community.

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This program includes:

• 3 engaging lessons that encourage awareness, personal development, project-based learning, and design-thinking methods with a range of teaching strategies, including presentations, videos, activities, assessments, portfolio assignments, technology integration, and community extensions.
• 7 additional lessons from our Sustainable Intelligence program to provide additional instruction on foundational topics of energy, transportation, and sustainability.
• Student worksheets that engage students in real-world learning exercises.
• Standards alignment to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Environmental Systems, Integrated Physics and Chemistry, and Physics; Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for ELA/Literacy and Mathematics; Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for high school; and the Cloud Education for Sustainability (EFS) Standards & Performance Indicators.