Space Station Conservation
Grades K-6 | Energy Conservation
Live In-School Performance
Standards-Aligned
Includes Teacher Resources
Games & Activities
Interactive & Engaging
Topics Covered
Through engaging sketches featuring a variety of entertaining characters, Space Station Conservation teaches the following educational points:
- This performance aims to teach the importance of energy efficiency and conservation.
- Students will consider energy consumption and its impact, including economic and environmental effects.
- By identifying energy-wasting practices in their daily lives at school, home and their community, students will connect how simple habits make a huge impact.
- Finally, the performance team will introduce approachable and sustainable solutions to conserve energy and use it more efficiently in everyone’s daily life.
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.
Printable Handouts – The toolkit contains several program-themed printable handouts to engage students in the lessons from the performance. These can be completed in the classroom or at home.
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
Very well done! Kids were engaged throughout and came back singing, “Open your eyes, be energy wise!”
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The kids loved it! They immediately started talking about ways we could do a better job of saving energy. They thought it was very funny.
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Excellent program. Loved the humor and actors engagement of the students throughout.
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The actors were great! They did a fantastic job keeping all kids engaged and entertained. In addition, the kids learned something in the process. Thank you!
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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 viewer, 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 Assembly
Topic
Energy Conservation
Program Length
25 Minutes
Audience
Grades K-6
Includes
Teacher Toolkit