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U.S. DoE Office of Nuclear Energy is extending its outreach efforts for youth with the launch of a new website geared toward students in grades K-12

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy is extending its outreach efforts for youth with the launch of a new website geared toward students in grades K-12. The new site features a mythical city known as Neutropolis and was tested by select target audiences prior to posting.

"Neutropolis: The Nuclear Energy Zone for Students" provides information about nuclear energy and its many uses in separate tracks directed at younger, intermediate and advanced students. It also contains games and challenges designed to appeal to students of different ages, ideas for science projects, information about colleges that offer studies related to nuclear science, and details about DOE internships and career opportunities.

Although the primary audience for the site is K-12 students, there is a section devoted to providing information to classroom teachers, including suggested classroom activities targeted to elementary, middle and high school students.

DOE hopes the new website "will set a new bar for quality outreach to students, delivering the message that nuclear energy is an important current and future part of our nation’s energy mix." http://www.nuclear.energy.gov/students/intro.html