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Jun 13

Power Grid Scavenger Hunt

Nick WilseyElectric Grid, Lesson PlansPower Grid, RET 2014

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

Jun 13

Mapping the Power Grid

Nick SirekElectric Grid, Lesson PlansMaps, Power Grid, RET 2014

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

Jun 13

Investigating Natural Disasters Using ArcGIS

Nick SirekLesson PlansGeology, RET 2014

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

Jun 13

Electric Magnets and Electric Fields

Jessica MintonElectricity, Lesson Plans, MagnetismMagnets, RET 2014

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

Jun 13

Future of the Power Grid

Jill LawrenceElectric Grid, Lesson PlansPower Grid, RET 2014, Smart Grid

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

Jun 13

Energy Analysis

Jill LawrenceElectric Grid, Electricity, Lesson PlansData Analysis, RET 2014

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

Jun 13

History of the Power Grid

Jill LawrenceElectric Grid, Lesson PlansHistory, RET 2014

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

Jun 13

Wind Turbine Challenge

Jill LawrenceElectric Grid, Lesson Plans, Renewable EnergyRET 2014, Wind Energy

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

Jun 13

Building a Model House

Jill LawrenceElectric Grid, Lesson PlansPower Grid, RET 2014

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

Jun 13

Understanding the Power Grid

Brian HardisonElectric Grid, Lesson PlansPower Grid, RET 2014, Smart Grid

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

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