Chapter 13 Objectives
13.1 - Define renewable energy resources.
13.2 - Describe strategies to conserve energy and increase energy efficiency.
13.3 - Compare and contrast the various forms of biomass energy.
13.4 - Explain the advantages and disadvantages of hydroelectricity, solar energy, geothermal energy, wind energy, and hydrogen as energy resources.
13.5 - Describe the environmental and economic options we must assess in planning our energy future.
13.2 - Describe strategies to conserve energy and increase energy efficiency.
13.3 - Compare and contrast the various forms of biomass energy.
13.4 - Explain the advantages and disadvantages of hydroelectricity, solar energy, geothermal energy, wind energy, and hydrogen as energy resources.
13.5 - Describe the environmental and economic options we must assess in planning our energy future.
Chapter 13 reading Questions
Chapter 13 Activities
You will be responsible for knowing the answers to all objectives, as you usually are. These activities are going to focus on the main types of renewable energy.
You will need to form FIVE groups - and it cannot be with anyone with which you worked last time for the Global Economics presentations. Each group will be assigned one of the five renewable energy sources listed in Objective #13.4. Your job as a group is to create a presentation (in Google Slides) that explains the following for your energy source:
a. How does this technology/resource work to provide us with energy? Give specific steps.
b. How could this energy source be used? (Think potential uses)
c. What are some examples of how it is currently being used?
d. What are the apparent environmental impacts associated with this energy source? ("None" is not an answer!)
e. What are the hidden environmental and societal costs?
f. Is this technology or energy source widely accepted today? Why or why not?
g. Do the costs of this technology/energy source make it prohibitive for common use? Why or why not?
Include pictures of your technology/energy source on your final presentation or poster.
When you are finished, your group is to post your presentation or poster to the class in our Google Classroom group. Then, you are to read everyone else's presentations or posters and do the following:
a. Provide one piece of feedback to every other group. Good feedback isn't "Good job!" or "This sucks!" Feedback describes what you saw, whether it be positive or negative!
b. Post a question about their energy source on that group's post in Google Classroom.
c. Answer all other group's questions about your energy source by replying to their question on your post in Google Classroom.
Presentations MUST be in Google Classroom by Wednesday, 3/18!
You will need to form FIVE groups - and it cannot be with anyone with which you worked last time for the Global Economics presentations. Each group will be assigned one of the five renewable energy sources listed in Objective #13.4. Your job as a group is to create a presentation (in Google Slides) that explains the following for your energy source:
a. How does this technology/resource work to provide us with energy? Give specific steps.
b. How could this energy source be used? (Think potential uses)
c. What are some examples of how it is currently being used?
d. What are the apparent environmental impacts associated with this energy source? ("None" is not an answer!)
e. What are the hidden environmental and societal costs?
f. Is this technology or energy source widely accepted today? Why or why not?
g. Do the costs of this technology/energy source make it prohibitive for common use? Why or why not?
Include pictures of your technology/energy source on your final presentation or poster.
When you are finished, your group is to post your presentation or poster to the class in our Google Classroom group. Then, you are to read everyone else's presentations or posters and do the following:
a. Provide one piece of feedback to every other group. Good feedback isn't "Good job!" or "This sucks!" Feedback describes what you saw, whether it be positive or negative!
b. Post a question about their energy source on that group's post in Google Classroom.
c. Answer all other group's questions about your energy source by replying to their question on your post in Google Classroom.
Presentations MUST be in Google Classroom by Wednesday, 3/18!
Math Practice
Do the "Measuring Your Impact" questions on the very last page of your Chapter 13 reading. See Mrs. E for the answers.