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🏗️ Energy, Infrastructure & Climate Systems

Build systems literacy through infrastructure, energy, electric grids, renewables, storage, drinking water, wastewater, transportation, buildings, waste, communications, supply chains, climate systems, adaptation, disaster resilience, maintenance, environmental justice, finance, smart infrastructure, planning tradeoffs, and a resilient community capstone.

20 lessonsAges 3–10Four age versions per lessonInfrastructureEnergy SystemsClimate ResilienceSystems Thinking

Complete lesson syllabus

Every lesson below contains age-banded facts and quiz questions. Some lessons also include a make-or-explain artifact prompt. Titles are shown in their current course order.

  1. What Is Infrastructure?
    Infrastructure · Systems Thinking · Engineering
    Example: Infrastructure systems move people, water, energy, information, goods, waste, and emergency services.
  2. Energy Basics
    Energy · Physics · Systems
    Example: Energy sources include sunlight, wind, water, fuels, heat inside Earth, and nuclear reactions.
  3. Electricity & the Grid
    Electricity · Grid · Engineering
    Example: Electric grids must balance supply and demand in real time.
  4. Renewables & Energy Storage
    Renewable Energy · Storage · Climate
  5. Drinking Water Systems
    Water Systems · Public Health · Infrastructure
  6. Wastewater & Sanitation
    Sanitation · Public Health · Water
  7. Transportation Networks
    Transportation · Urban Planning · Systems
  8. Buildings, Codes & Safety
    Built Environment · Safety · Engineering
  9. Waste, Recycling & Circular Systems
    Waste Systems · Sustainability · Materials
  10. Communications Networks
    Communications · Digital Infrastructure · Cybersecurity
  11. Supply Chains & Essential Goods
    Supply Chains · Logistics · Systems Thinking
  12. Climate Systems
    Climate Science · Earth Systems · Data
  13. Climate Impacts & Adaptation
    Climate Adaptation · Risk Analysis · Resilience
  14. Disaster Preparedness & Resilience
    Resilience · Emergency Planning · Risk
  15. Maintenance & Asset Management
    Maintenance · Asset Management · Planning
  16. Infrastructure Equity & Environmental Justice
    Equity · Environmental Justice · Community
  17. Infrastructure Finance & Permitting
    Public Finance · Project Planning · Policy
  18. Smart Infrastructure & Cybersecurity
    Smart Systems · Cybersecurity · Data
  19. Systems Tradeoffs & Planning
    Systems Thinking · Tradeoffs · Planning
  20. Resilient Community Capstone
    Infrastructure · Climate Resilience · Presentation

How age adaptation works

The lesson record contains separate fact sets and quiz questions for Pre-K, kindergarten, early elementary, and upper elementary. This is not the same paragraph with a smaller font: vocabulary, detail, and question demands can change by age band. Parents can still choose a different level if their child needs it.

Assessment and records

Course quizzes provide immediate practice feedback. Completion and progress can feed parent-managed records, but a quiz score is not a teacher-issued grade, independent diagnosis, or accredited course credit.

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