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Enough Energy? Play the Renew-a-Bead Game
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Powers, Susan DeWaters, Jan |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | In a fun game that uses two colors of beads in a bag, students see how non-renewable resources are depleted while renewable resources continue to provide energy. Student pairs remove beads (units of energy) from a bag (representing a country), year by year, keeping tally of usage. Then they compare the energy sustainability of the different countries, which had different energy mixes. A student worksheet is provided. The “renew-a-bead game” provides youngsters with a quantitative illustration of how non-renewable resources are depleted while renewable resources continue to provide energy. Student pairs remove beads—representing units of renewable and non-renewable energy—from a bag—representing a country. A certain number of beads are removed from the bag each "year." At some point, no non-renewable (fossil fuel) energy beads remain. Since groups/countries have different ratios of renewable and non-renewable energy beads in their bags, they compare the remaining beads and time when they ran out of energy to see the value of utilizing a greater proportion of renewable resources as a sustainable energy approach. A student worksheet with instructions, data collection table and discussion questions is provided. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Clarkson University Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Data Analysis and Probability Physical Science Physics Peak Oil Fossil Fuel Looking Ahead Non-renewable Resource Sustainability Beads in A Bag Fossil Fuel Depletion Energy Mix |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class VI Class VII Class VIII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Physics Probability |
