http://www.teachengineering.org/view_lesson.php?url=collection/cub_/lessons/cub_earth/cub_earth_lesson08.xmllessontext/xmlIntegrated Teaching and Learning Program, coalpower plantemissionselectricityenergysolarhydroelectricrenewable energynon-renewable energywindphotovoltaicPV panelsuraniumCoal Power PlantRenewable Energy

This lesson provides students with an overview of the electric power industry in the United States. Students also become familiar with the environmental impacts associated with a variety of energy sources.

Every time we flip a switch, turn on the television or walk into an air-conditioned store, we are benefiting from electricity. Many different types of engineers — civil engineers (dam construction), mechanical engineers (water and gas turbines), electrical engineers (electrical power conditioning) and chemical engineers (power plant design) — are all necessary to provide the electricity to our communities. Environmental engineers more and more play of a role in this process, as they determine the power plant’s impact on the environment and potential health risks associated with it. Environmental engineers have a huge impact in contributing to the health, happiness and safety of our planet.List several different types of electric power plants in the U.S.List two environmental problems caused by burning coal to make electricity.Describe how engineers are involved in getting electricity to our homes.20TeachEngineering.orgFrank BurkholderMalinda Schaefer ZarskeJanet Yowellhttp://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs-016-03/http://www.nrdc.org/onearth/05fal/coal1.asphttp://www1.sedo.energy.wa.gov.au/pages/rrpgp.asphttp://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/powersystems/cleancoal/http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/powersystems/futuregen/http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoalS11424F6ColoradoScienced. Use multiple resources - including print, electronic, and human - to locate information about different sources of renewable and nonrenewable energy44S11424F3ColoradoSciencea. Identify and describe the variety of energy sources 44S11417D6International_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyC. Energy comes in different forms. 35S1141716International_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyC. The use of technology affects the environment in good and bad ways.35United StatesCopyright 2012 - Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulderhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2011-05-134Teacher