Classroom visits

We offer free classroom visits, including hands-on materials, so your students can build, discover and learn.

SMUD employee assists students on a project.

We offer multiple lessons for you to choose from:

  • Each lesson includes a fun, interactive self-paced online activity which can be assigned as class time or homework.
  • Our staff will join your class to lead your students through an engaging live exploration of your energy and/or sustainability topic.
  • We’ll send project materials for your students to reinforce learning objectives.
  • We’ll provide worksheets to accompany each lesson.
  • Lessons available for all grade levels and target NGSS standards.

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Educational activities

Get out-of-the-classroom, hands-on experience with energy and engineering.

Earth Day Art Competition

April 1 - 22, 2024
Show us how you and your family are celebrating the Earth and how you can help SMUD reach our goal of zero carbon by 2030. Read contest rules.

Solar Car Race
April 22 & 24, 2024

Working together in teams, students build a solar race car and compete for fastest car, best design, best engineering and more.

Back-to-School Launch Party
September 19, 2024
Inviting all educators to this free back-to-school event at the Aerospace Museum of California.

Youth Energy Summit (YES)

September 26 - 28, 2024
YES is a three-day climate and sustainability summit for junior and senior students at high schools in Sacramento county. 

Electricity Fair
October 19, 2024

Join SMUD at the Historic Folsom Powerhouse for a family fun day of science activities, exhibits, tours and more.

California Solar Regatta
May 2 and 3, 2025

An exciting two days of teamwork, competition and discovery takes place every year at our Rancho Seco Recreational Area.

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Online learning

Explore our library of standards-based lesson plans, hands-on activity guides, educational animated videos, and other STEAM related content.

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Parent resources for children

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Looking for ways to keep kids engaged while learning at home?

Access age-appropriate, standards-based lessons from SMUD and the National Energy Education Development Project (NEED).

Each lesson includes a short reading, worksheet and additional learning resources. View lessons for:

Powering education

 

We're proud to light your homes, your businesses and the streets around your neighborhood. And because we're community-owned and not-for-profit, we keep you at the heart of all we do, like supporting local schools with fun, hands-on science education.

Stay safe around electricity

Free classroom resources make teaching electricity safety easy. Learn more.

 

Questions? Contact us at 1-916-732-6738 or etcmail@smud.org