And the Resource Says:

Click here to see the results page

Purpose of this project:

The purpose of this project is to allow students, along with educators and parents, a chance to take a look at what different energy resources cost in different parts of the country and the world. Over the long term, it will allow students to anaylize the changes in energy rates at different times of the year in different regions, as well as how their energies are produced and what factors influence the prices.

What is needed:

Send information on the rates that you are paying for energy. You may use any form of sending the information that you would like. Please include the following:

The type of energy (electric, natural gas, coal, heating fuel, etc.)
The amount charged per unit (kilowatt-hour, gallon, etc.)
Your city/state/country
The company that provides the energy

For the purposes of providing a baseline by season, please provide January/February, April/May, July/August, and October/November rates. If you can get records from previous years and submit them, it would be helpful in providing something to work from.

Objective:

Once the data is gathered, it will be placed in a data table on the results page. Students may then look at both the information about prices and the geographical locations of where the information came from and make observations and propose hypotheses as to why there are differences. On the results page, student responses will be posted as they are received. They can be forwarded per the instructions on the results page.

Notes:

Please forward all information here.
Please do NOT forward gasoline prices.

For further information or to have questions answered:

Please contact the project coordinator by emailing sesvendsen(AT)excite.com. Email will normally be responded to in 24-48 hours.