9.3 Resources
This page provides teachers and students with all of the URL links to resources that they might need for each of the layered activities in the
Energy in the 9.3 Standard Lesson.
C Layer Options
Click on the link above. Read the article and use the Reading for Content Guide and answer the questions.
| Reading for Content Guide Answer the following in your Unit Portfolio or Notebook.
1. Name of the reading.
2. Source of the reading.
3. Date read.
4. Write a summary of the reading. Guideline: The summary will be 1-2 sentences for each page of the reading. Example: a 4 page reading will have a 4-8 sentence summary.
5. Make a bullet list of 5 things you learned from this reading
Your notes and answers should be complete enough to help you answer your teacher's questions for your oral defense. |
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Use this link to access student assignments C3.1 and C3.2
C4: The following NEED Infobook sheets are available as Intermediate Level and Secondary level. Choose from both non-renewable energy sources and renewable energy sources. Use the Reading for Content Guide and answer the questions.
Choose either the Intermediate Level or the Secondary Level as directed by your teacher.
| Reading for Content Guide Answer the following in your Unit Portfolio or Notebook.
1. Name of the reading.
2. Source of the reading.
3. Date read.
4. Write a summary of the reading. Guideline: The summary will be 1-2 sentences for each page of the reading. Example: a 4 page reading will have a 4-8 sentence summary.
5. Make a bullet list of 5 things you learned from this reading
Your notes and answers should be complete enough to help you answer your teacher's questions for your oral defense. |
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Intermediate Level Info book sheets
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Renewable Energy Sources: |
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Secondary Level Info book sheets
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Click on this link for directions to make a foldable graphic organizer comparing 2 fuel sources.(Use one non-renewable source, and one renewable source and information that you will find in C4 above.)
C6: Fun Facts
Use a 1/4 sheet to 1/2 sheet sized card to post on the Fun Fact Board in the class. Include your name, the date and time of the posting (the “time stamp”) and fact source on the front bottom edge of the card. Teacher should initial that the “time stamp” is correct. All work must be appropriate, neat, with correct spelling and grammar, and a true fact supported by readings. Example:
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Most power plants are only
about 35% efficient!
For each 100 units of energy that go in, only 35 units of energy come out in the form of electricity.
Mary Jane Smith, 3/4/09, 10:04 AM
NEED Electricity Infobook |
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View the animation. Make 2 illustrated fact cards
for each panel (AC and DC, Wire, AC Generator, and Light Bulb).
View the How Stuff Works video. Write down 5 things that you have learned.
Print a copy of the board game sheet and the cards. Match the energy slang with the board icons. Check your answers online at the Energy Information Administration's Energy Slang Game page.
B Layer Options
B1:
Download the Assignment B1 information sheet. Answer either the questions about location, or the questions about size.
B2: Assignments Choose one of the following:
Use the link to create a board game to be played by your peers.
Use the link above to deisgn either a poster or 3D model showing in detail how a photovoltaic cell makes electricity.
B2.3: How does wind produce electricity?
Use the links below to helps you to design a poster or 3D model showing in detail how wind can be used to produce electricity.
B2.4: How does a hydrogen fuel cell make electricity?
Use information at the following sites to create a poster or 3D model explaining how hydrogen fuel cells are used to generate electricity.
A Layers options require research in order to prepare to answer to one of the following questions. The information needed to research each topic can be found below each question. Materials used must be referenced.
A1: Is there really "Clean Coal"?
Using the following articles find out what this term means and decide if you think it is possible?
A2 Should the US support or object to the mining of oil sands in Canada?
Use the following links to help form your argument.
A3 How is nuclear waste stored in the US and how do you think it should be stored in the future?
A4 Why don't we have more solar photovoltaic electricity production in the US?
A5 Connecticut is known as the "Fuel Cell State". What part of the electric market is served by fuel cells and what do you think the future will be for the "Hydrogen Economy"?
A6 Much energy (usually in the form of heat) is wasted in making electricity from traditional sources. Describe a plan to use the wasted heat from a Connecticut power plant. Could this plan be used at a nuclear power plant? What are some of the issues that might be raised by your proposal?
A7 Group Option for Siting a Power Plant.
Print out each of the following worksheets;
Work together as a team to determine if your town would be suitable for the placement of a new 200 MW electric generating power plant and the factors associated with making this decision.
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