http://www.teachengineering.org/view_lesson.php?url=collection/cub_/lessons/cub_housing/cub_housing_lesson04.xmllessontext/xmlOff the GridIntegrated Teaching and Learning Program, damefficiencyefficientelectricityenergyenergy efficiencyenergy resourcesgridhomehousehousinghydroelectric energypowerpower gridrenewable energysolar energywind energywind turbinewater powerworkbiofuelbiomassconservation of energyenergyenergy transfergeothermal energyhydro energyjoulekinetic energynon-renewable energy sourcephotovoltaic cellspotential energypowerrenewable energyrenewable energy sourcesolar energywattwind energyworkStudents learn and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of renewable and non-renewable energy sources. They also learn about our nation’s electric power grid and what it means for a residential home to be “off the grid.”
Engineers learn the concepts of energy, work and power as they design products and process that use renewable and non-renewable energy sources. Mechanical engineers must know these fundamental physics concepts to design things such as cars, roller coasters and biomechanical devices. Civil and environmental engineers might use these concepts as they create devices such as dams and wind turbines that harness renewable energy sources.
Define renewable and non-renewable energy sources.Describe some advantages and disadvantages to using renewable energy sources to power a home.Explain what it means for a house to be “off the grid.”20TeachEngineering.orgTyler MalineLauren CooperMalinda Schaefer ZarskeDenise W. Carlsonhttp://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/index.htmlhttp://www.iea.org/textbase/papers/2006/renewable_factsheet.pdfS11417E0International_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyM. Energy resources can be renewable or nonrenewable.
912S114171BInternational_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyH. When new technologies are developed to reduce the use of resources, considerations of
trade-offs are important.
912S11425CFColoradoSciencea. Develop, communicate, and justify an
evidence-based scientific explanation
regarding the costs and benefits of
exploration, development, and
consumption of renewable and
nonrenewable resources
912S11424CBColoradoSciencec. Use direct and indirect evidence to
develop predictions of the types of
energy associated with objects
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