The Power Your Future Challenge encourages interested teams to develop innovative action plans that will advance the use of clean energy in their schools and communities. This resource hub includes curated educational resources related to clean energy, as well as product design guides and additional project resources. All links and resources are provided for informational purposes only.

Use of these resources for completing a submission to the Power Your Future Challenge is optional and not required by the U.S. Department of Education.

Getting started

Organize your team, collect your school information, and begin working on your submission.

Ready to get started? You can begin here:

Learn more about how to get started

Explore and discuss clean energy

Access resources that can be used to discuss clean energy with students.

As you begin to develop your submission, you can start here:

  • Exploring and discussing clean energy with students.

Learn more about clean energy topics

Brainstorm clean energy problems and solutions

Collaborate with your team to identify a potential solution to an area of need at your school or in your community.

Once you’re ready to start working on a solution, be sure to:

  • Identify a problem and brainstorm solutions.
  • Choose the best solution for your team to pursue.

Learn more about brainstorming with your team

Develop a plan, implementation activities, and milestones

Start creating an action plan to implement your solution.

For your solution, think about the following as your develop a comprehensive action plan:

  • Identify the key activities of your team’s plan.
  • Create a timeframe for the implementation of your solution and identify major milestones.
  • Determine the budget and/or resources needed to implement your solution.

Learn more about developing a plan

Career and community connections

Make connections between your team and the community.

As a last step, make sure to:

  • Invite students to consider how their knowledge, skills, and courses contribute to the solution design.
  • Identify ways to involve community experts in your action plan.

Learn more about connecting with careers and communities

Disclaimer

This website contains information and resources from public and private organizations that may be useful to the reader. Inclusion of this information does not constitute an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) or Luminary Labs of any products or services offered or views expressed. Resources provide insights on the activities of schools, programs, grantees, and other education stakeholders to promote continuing discussion of educational innovation. Resources do not endorse any educational product, service, curriculum, or pedagogy.

This website also contains hyperlinks and URLs created and maintained by outside organizations, which are provided for the reader’s convenience. ED and Luminary Labs are not responsible for the accuracy of the information contained therein.

Begin working on your action plan

Work with your team to complete the submission form.

See what it takes to participate in the challenge