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Powering Smallsburg
Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
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Author | Burkholder, Frank Zarske, Malinda Schaefer Yowell, Janet |
Copyright Year | 2006 |
Description | Students act as power engineers by specifying the power plants to build for a community. They are given a budget, an expected power demand from the community, and different power plant options with corresponding environmental effects. Students act as engineers by specifying the power plants to build for a community. They are given a budget, an expected power demand from the community, and different power plant options with corresponding environmental effects. Guided by a worksheet, teams work through the hypothetical real-world scenario to arrive at recommendations that they present to the class; group "answers" vary widely, depending on their identified city priorities. |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | Open |
Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Electrical Power Generation Renewable Energy Electricity Generation Non-renewable Energy City Planning Electricity Power Plant Power Demand |
Content Type | Text |
Time Required | PT45M |
Education Level | Class III Class IV Class V |
Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
Resource Type | Hands-on |
Subject | Structure of the Earth |