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Energy Resources



How do we meet our energy needs? What are the advantages and disadvantages of different energy resources? How is energy sold and distributed?

Learning Resources





Solar Page

Wind Page

Geothermal Page

Natural Gas Page

Oil Page

Biofuels Page

Coal Page

Hydropower Page

Nuclear Page

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Energy Resource Comparison Google Form

Class Activities & Assignments

What is the Energy Grid? - Class Notes - Pros and Cons of Different Energy Resources
 * Reading Assignments: **

CL2.6 Energy Comparison Googleform - Calculating your monthly electricity bill
 * Class Notes, Classwork, and Handouts **

Power Up Game
 * Lab Assigments **

Benchmark 6 - Energy Resources Assessment
 * Benchmark Assignments **


 * Quizzes **

Standards Although the various forms of energy appear very different, each can be measured in a way that makes it possible to keep track of how much of one form is converted into another. Whenever the amount of energy in one place diminishes, the amount in other places or forms increases by the same amount. 4E/H1*
 * Science for All Americans**

Scientific investigations usually involve the collection of relevant data, the use of logical reasoning, and the application of imagination in devising hypotheses and explanations to make sense of the collected data. 1B/M1b*

If more than one variable changes at the same time in an experiment, the outcome of the experiment may not be clearly attributable to any one variable. It may not always be possible to prevent outside variables from influencing an investigation (or even to identify all of the variables). 1B/M2ab

S11.C.2.2.3 Give examples of renewable energy resources (e.g., wind, solar, biomass) and nonrenewable resources (e.g., coal, oil, natural gas) and explain the environmental and economic advantages and disadvantages of their use.
 * Energy Resources**

S11.C.2.2 Demonstrate that different ways of obtaining, transforming, and distributing energy have different environmental consequences.

S11.C.2.2.1 Explain the environmental impacts of energy use by various economic sectors (e.g., mining, logging, transportation) on environmental systems.

4.2.10.A Explain that renewable and nonrenewable resources supply energy and materials.

3.4.10.B Analyze energy sources and transfers of heat.

3.4.10 E3 Compare and contrast the major forms of energy: thermal, radiant, electrical, mechanical, chemical, nuclear, and others.

3.4.12.E3 Compare and contrast energy and power systems as they relate to pollution, renewable and non-renewable resources, and conservation.

3.2.10 B Explain how the overall energy flowing through a system remains constant. Describe the work-energy theorem. Explain the relationship between work and power.

A1.2.1.1.1 Analyze a set of data for the existence of a pattern and represent the pattern algebraically and/or graphically. A1.2.1.2.1 Create, interpret, and/or use the equation, graph, or table of a linear function. A1.2.3.2.3 Make predictions using the equations or graphs of best-fit lines of scatter plots.
 * Keystone Connections:**

CC.1.2.9-10.A Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.