Your assignment is to find as many of the following “pieces” of the power grid as you can. If you think you’ve found one of them, take your own photograph of it and note the location. Many of the pieces Read more
Students will be exposed to a series of maps aerial photos, topographic, geologic maps from prior to, during and after the Kingston Fly Ash Spill. Students will use geologic maps to investigate rock types, time periods, faults and folds, and Read more
Geospatial Inquiry Mapping Project Students will use ArcGIS to investigate the impact of an area’s natural disaster potential to disrupt power supplies (and other utilities) in the United States. The task is for students to manipulate ArcGIS layers (creatively thinking Read more
The purpose of this unit of study is to allow students the opportunity to learn more about electromagnets, electricity and magnetic fields. Students will be introduced to multiple vocabulary terminology while they work through creating electromagnets, generators, electric currents making Read more
Students will consider the future of the power grid in light of the data they have been studying about consumption and production if nothing is done to improve the grid, upgrade the grid, and/or change human behaviors. Students will present Read more
Students will translate historical data from a table into a graph to establish trends in energy consumption and production, and factors that contributed to the trends in consumption and production. Lesson 6-analyzing historical data
In this lesson students will explore the evolution of the power grid. Students will be assigned a specific scientist/inventor, time period, or event that contributed to the evolution of the power grid to research and then present to the class. Read more
In this lesson students will work in groups to design the blades for a wind turbine that will generate at least 2 volts of electricity and will light their house. Lesson 3-wind turbine challenge
In this activity students will work in groups to plan and build the house for their group. Students will review circuits, electron flow, current and voltage. They will construct a house out of cardboard and wire it to reflect Read more
Students will understand the pressures on the power grid and discover smart grid technology and how it will relieve some of these pressures by observing various graphs, websites, and tables. lesson plan 7- Hardison