How is energy conservation like a baseball team? Why did the gardener plant a lightbulb? Why is wind power so popular?

For the answers to these and other energy riddles check out the EIA Energy Kids Riddle page.

Yes, the Energy Information Agency, a U.S. government agency, has put together an interactive energy site for kids. It’s fun, colorful and instructive. There’s an energy timeline, an online coloring book, an energy quiz (Martha says it’s not that easy), classroom activities, science fair ideas and lots more.

So if you’re curious about who the famous people in energy or how to make propane or would like to brush up on your energy slang cruise around and have fun at the EIA Energy Kids site.

    “I went on a field trip with Energy Ant to see wind mills and Hoover Dam and saw pictures of them turning garbage into energy in Baltimore.” — Gauze Geddon (8 years old).