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Cars of Tomorrow and the American Community
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Through this unit, students identify how alternatively fueled cars of tomorrow can be used in their community. The unit contains an introductory activity that helps students determine which energy and transportation issues are important to them and their communities, and three research sections about alternative fueled vehicles that address availability and distribution; emissions and health; and operation, maintenance, and refueling. With each lesson, students discover another social, scientific, or technical aspect of cutting-edge automotive technologies and fuels.
Clean Green Power
Clean Green Power Educator Guide.pdf (file size:1,231,196 bytes)
The Clean Green Power program offers an introduction to the technology involved in clean, renewable energy and makes a great starting point for in depth studies in several related areas. It provides a context for teaching scientific principles related to energy transformations, chemical transformations, electricity, and light, which are central to many clean energy technologies. The Clean Green Power program also provides a natural segue to environmental, ecological, social and human health studies in a variety of topics such as: climate change/global warming; acid rain; ground level ozone; air pollution; surface mining; oil spills and mercury poisoning. Clean Green Power and Wind Wisdom Patches are available through prior grant funding at the Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts. http://www.gscwm.org/
Energy Thinking for Massachusetts
Energy Thinking MA.pdf (file size:14,557,961 bytes)
Energy—where we get it and how we use it— can be expected to change radically during the lifetimes of our children. The world’'s ability to produce oil fast enough to meet rising worldwide demand is being stressed. This situation can only be expected to grow worse over the lifetime of our students, unless we shift away from a dependence on oil. Rising carbon dioxide emissions, mainly from burning fossil fuels (our primary energy resources) are a major cause of global climate change. It is increasingly clear this will exact a considerable cost on the world’s environment and population, especially on future generations unless vast changes are made to our energy systems and ways we use energy. Through activities in this unit, students will implement an easy-to-use structure —the Energy Thinker’s Diagram —to analyze and evaluate energy use in their lives and propose changes that could reduce unwanted consequences of energy use that students consider important. Reduced risks of global climate change, energy price fluctuations, or lessened impacts of energy use on the environment or human health are just a few examples. Along the way, students examine the scientific concepts of energy sources, forms, transformations, efficiency, and heat transfer (conduction, convection, and radiation). Students experiment with electric generators powered by wind, water, and light; they also conduct tests heating model buildings with different types of insulation (thermal and radiant barriers) and sealing leaks. Steeped in state specific standards and statistics, students investigate the concept and applications of energy and the percentage of types of energy forms utilized by their state. Meets Massachusetts Standards for Learning: Science, Technology/Engineering and Ecological Health Copyright 2010, Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) For Energy Thinking PA go to https://web.archive.org/web/20110202150901/www.pa3e.ws/
Getting Around Clean and Green
Getting Around Clean & Green.pdf (file size:1,407,201 bytes)
In this unit, students will explore their own transportation choices. They will also research the impacts various transportation options have on air quality, human health, and the environment, and will discover that they can make choices that will reduce many of the negative impacts of getting around in a car. Along the way, students will conduct research, work with graphs and charts, carry out surveys, and analyze the results. The final student project, a “Travel Guide of Clean & Green Ways to Get to Fun and Interesting Places,” allows students to integrate all of what they’ve learned into a guide that will help friends and families get out and have fun while leaving the car (emissions) at home.
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Planet Connecticut delivers exciting hands-on activities and comprehensive lesson plans that explain global warming and climate studies, within a curriculum designed to meet Connecticut State Education Department science standards for grades 6-8. To download individual lessons and go to: http://www.planetconnecticut.org/teachersadministrators/index.html For more information: http://www.planetconnecticut.org/aboutplanetconnecticut/index.html
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Trip Tally: Discovering Environmental Solutions
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Wind Wisdom Educators Guide.pdf (file size:2,014,775 bytes)
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