Evaluating the Effects of Local Energy Resource Development
https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/energy/activities/32368.html
https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/energy/activities/32368.html
Devin Castendyk, SERC - On the Cutting Edge Collection
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Grade Level
Activity can be adjusted for older high school and introductory college students but is ideal for higher college level.
Energy Literacy
This Activity builds on the following concepts of Energy Literacy.
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Excellence in Environmental Education Guidelines
1. Questioning, Analysis and Interpretation Skills:G) Drawing conclusions and developing explanations
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G) Drawing conclusions and developing explanations.
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G) Drawing conclusions and developing explanations.
1. Questioning, Analysis and Interpretation Skills:B) Designing investigations
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B) Designing investigations.
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B) Designing investigations.
1. Questioning, Analysis and Interpretation Skills:C) Collecting information
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C) Collecting information.
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C) Collecting information.
2. Knowledge of Environmental Processes and Systems:2.1 The Earth as a Physical System:C) Energy
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C) Energy.
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C) Energy.
2. Knowledge of Environmental Processes and Systems:2.4 Environment and Society:A) Human/environment interactions
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A) Human/environment interactions.
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A) Human/environment interactions.
2. Knowledge of Environmental Processes and Systems:2.4 Environment and Society:D) Technology
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D) Technology.
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D) Technology.
2. Knowledge of Environmental Processes and Systems:2.4 Environment and Society:E) Environmental Issues
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E) Environmental Issues.
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E) Environmental Issues.
3. Skills for Understanding and Addressing Environmental Issues:3.1 Skills for Analyzing and Investigating Environmental Issues:A) Identifying and investigating issues
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A) Identifying and investigating issues.
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A) Identifying and investigating issues.
3. Skills for Understanding and Addressing Environmental Issues:3.1 Skills for Analyzing and Investigating Environmental Issues:B) Sorting out the consequences of issues
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B) Sorting out the consequences of issues.
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B) Sorting out the consequences of issues.
3. Skills for Understanding and Addressing Environmental Issues:3.1 Skills for Analyzing and Investigating Environmental Issues:C) Identifying and evaluation alternative solutions and courses of action
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C) Identifying and evaluation alternative solutions and courses of action.
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Teaching Tips
- Educator will need to provide handouts, as well as a resource list for students, and look up more background reading.
- Educator would need to provide information about an issue relevant to the region.
- The educator will need to become familiar with a local issue in order to effectively facilitate this activity; the topic is most relevant when it is local.
About the Content
- Allows for an in-depth exploration of a complex scientific and economic topic - energy development is a multifaceted topic and students will explore many sides of the issue.
- Comment from expert scientist: It would be useful to add information on future projections of the changing nature of water availability, a larger suite of environmental impacts and the different ways in which an assessment would be framed in different parts of the country.
