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Off the Grid
Students examine the advantages and disadvantages of renewable and non renewable energy sources. In this engineering lesson students explain what it means for a house to be "off the grid".
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Clean Energy: Hydro-power
Students read about and discuss renewable and non renewable energy and identify how a dam produced energy using hydro-power. In this water energy lesson plan, students look at diagrams and pictures of water energy technology.
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Floods
Students investigate how hurricanes impact a stream flow. For this floods lesson students predict the impact of storms on animals and interpret data.
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Why Do We Build Dams?
Young scholars are introduced to a dam and what a dam does. In this dam instructional activity, students explore how a dam uses water supply, electricity generation, flood control, recreation, and irrigation in order to control the water.
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Swim to and from the Sea!
Learners come up with devices that would aid the salmon life cycle in passing through a dam. In this dam lesson plan, students learn about the salmon migration. They then come up with devices that would help the natural life cycle of...
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Dam Impact
Students explore the environmental impact of dams. In this environmental impact lesson plan, students explore the major environmental impacts of dams and the engineering solutions used to address the major issues.
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The Biggest Dam in the World
Students recognize that the Three Gorges Dam is now being constructed in China on the upper Yangtze River. They build a dam in an empty fish tankusing common materials they have at home or can easily find, such as twigs and leaves, food...
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Lake Billy Chinook
Students explore aerial photographs and maps of Round Butte Dam. They examine the land modifications necessary to create a dam. After reading a book about building a dam, students compare the environmental impact of Lake Billy Chinook to...