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The Future of Clean Energy: Crash Course Engineering #31 Instructional VideoThe Future of Clean Energy: Crash Course Engineering #31 Instructional Video
Publisher
Crash Course
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9th - 12th
Subjects
STEM
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Media Length
11:18
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15 mins
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2019
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The Future of Clean Energy: Crash Course Engineering #31

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Take a look into the future of energy with a video that focuses on future alternative sources of clean energy. Viewers looks at various forms of biomass, hydrogen fuel cells, and nuclear fission and fusion.

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Concepts

engineering, environmental stewardship, biomass, hydrogen, nuclear fusion, nuclear fission, ethanol, technology resources

Instructional Ideas

  • Invite energy specialists to talk about each energy source in more detail

Classroom Considerations

  • Learners should be familiar with basic physics and chemistry concepts, such as energy
  • Knowledge of renewable energies from the previous video is beneficial
  • The 31st video in the Crash Course Engineering series
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

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  • Thorough explanations help make a complicated concept clear
  • Graphics help hold viewer interest

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