Download Renewable Energy

Project #4: Renewable Energy System
Advantages of Alternatives
Teachers: Deon Edwards
Stephanie Baldwin
Stephanie Baldwin
Little Miami Junior High School
6th grade science
Why study renewable energy?
• Energy is everywhere
• Kids use energy
everyday
• Fossil fuels make up
Fossil Fuels
•85% of American energy
•Growing Demand
•Finite supply
•Negative Environmental Effects
Students will design and
promote a house powered by
renewable energy
Students will role play careers
as builders, engineers,
architects, and realtors
Students will evaluate
environmental impacts of using
various sources of energy
Where does electricity come
from?
• Burning Coal generates 54%
of electricity in America
• Single largest air polluter in
the U.S.
Carbon Footprint
www.zerofootprint.com
•Calculates
resources used
given actions
•Compares
results to
averages of other
countries
Exploring Renewable Sources
• Hands-on stations for 6 renewable
sources
• Webquest and chart for current
renewable energy data
Culminating Project
• Students will create a house of the future
powered by their favorite renewable
energy source.
Group Roles
• Draw and
select
locations
for
renewable
energy
• Present
electricity
generated
• Present the
cost
compared to
other energy
sources
Architect
Builder
Engineer
Realtor
• Prepare top
3
advantages
Energy Engineering Team
Teaching Lesson
Deon Edwards
Western Hills Engineering High School
Cincinnati, Ohio
Overview
• Team Teaching Lesson
– For use at schools with an Engineering focus
– For use at schools with team teach focus
Objectives
It is expected that students will:
• Identify and categorize energy sources as
nonrenewable, renewable, or inexhaustible.
• Create and deliver a presentation to explain a specific
energy source.
• Calculate work and power.
• Calculate power in a system that converts energy from
electrical to mechanical.
• Calculate circuit resistance, current, and voltage using
Ohm’s law.
Essential Questions
• What sources of energy are available for
use?
• What are the benefits and drawbacks
regarding efficiency, usefulness, and the
environment?
• What emerging technologies are or may
be on the horizon that will provide energy
more efficiently?
Engineering
• Solar Cell Efficiency Project
• Poster and Presentation of
data/results
English
• Abstract Writing Lesson
• Journal Review on Renewable
Energy Sources
Mathematics
• Calculations and Graphing of
data/results found Solar Cell
project
• Cost analysis project using Killa-Watt measurement device
Science
• Guest speaker on renewable
energy resources.
• Lesson and report on Biological
Energy options
Social Studies
• Review on past industries
impact on our environment.
• Group debate and report the
impact of various energy
sources on society.
Team Objectives
• Infuse Engineering into every subject
• Cross Curriculum Assignment
• Cooperative Teaching
• National Science Foundation.
• Anant R. Kukreti, Associate Dean for
Engineering Education Research and
Professor, Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, for leading the
project.
• Dr. Vesslin Shanov
• Feng Wang
• Andrea Burrows, for her logistical support.