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Electricity: Sources, Usage, Challenges, and the Future

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What does the future of energy look like? Junior engineers collaborate to discover a solution to the global energy crisis during a very hands-on instructional activity. The unit focuses on learning through collaboration to develop a deep understanding of current energy issues and meeting design constraints in engineering.

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Concepts
electrical energy, human impact on the environment, energy, electricity, power plants, engineering design, mechanical engineering, engineers, alternative energy sources, batteries, light bulbs, energy sources, renewable energy sources, energy crisis, energy use, non-renewable energy
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Additional Tags
science
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Instructional Ideas
  • Print and distribute the vocabulary list at the beginning of the unit, so pupils use the correct terms as they work with their groups
  • Schedule a field trip to a local power plant, if one is nearby
Classroom Considerations
  • Make sure you are familiar with the energy resources and energy providers in your area before beginning the lesson plan
Pros
  • The lesson is adaptable to traditional, block, or modified A-B schedules
  • Great activities and superb planning make the resource a go-to for your next NGSS engineering endeavor
Cons
  • There are a few spelling errors in the Unit Plan teacher's reference 
NGSS
HS-ETS1-3