Monday June 6: Energy Production
r1. Daily Question: "Curiosity is a willing, a proud, an eager confession of ignorance." - Samuel Johnson... What does this quote mean? Are you curious?
2. Answer the question: How is energy produced? Brainstorm ideas on a sheet of paper 3. Watch the video "Energy Defined" http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/nvel.sci.phy.defined/energy-defined/ Answer the questions:
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Tuesday June 7: Energy and its Environmental Impact
1. Daily Question: What are some of the energy sources used to supply our daily need for power?
2. Watch "Growing Appetites, Limited Resources" http://dptv.pbslearningmedia.org/asset/nvel_vid_growapp/
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Wednesday June 8: Fossil Fuels and Hydropower
1. Daily Question: What are the problems with using fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas?
1. Finish reading Global Warming: Beyond Fossil Fuels
4. Watch Hoover Dam and Hydroelectric Power
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Thursday June 9, 2016
Daily Question: BRAINSTORM --- If we want to replace using coal and natural gas to make electricity, what are some other options we can try?
Topic --- Nuclear Fission
Watch both videos and answer questions
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/8f224737-6adc-4486-926a-74ce64512434/discovery-of-fission-the-bomb/
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.energy.fission/nuclear-reaction-fission/
1) What is the main element used in nuclear fission,, and what is produced when "fission" occurs?
2) How are the products of fission of U-235 transferred into electricity?
3) Why is nuclear power such a controversial energy source?
SOURCES for Nuclear Fission Research
1. Links to help you compile the advantages and disadvantages (pros and cons)
http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/pros-and-cons-of-nuclear-energy.php
http://renewableenergyindex.com/nuclear/nuclear-energy-advantages-disadvantages
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/15/the-case-for-and-against-_n_781567.html
2. Links to explain how it works
http://www.enec.gov.ae/learn-about-nuclear-energy/how-does-nuclear-energy-work/
http://www.nei.org/Knowledge-Center/How-Nuclear-Reactors-Work
https://youtu.be/VJfIbBDR3e8
3. Links that explain what happens to Nuclear Waste
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/add_edexcel/radioactive_materials/radioactiveproblemsrev3.shtml
https://youtu.be/Nkt95IhNqjU
http://home.earthlink.net/~dengelhardt/Problems.html
Extra information to help you form your educated opinion on the topic
3. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/02/chernobyl-25-years-after-_n_816902.html5.
4. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/apr/21/chernobyl-nuclear-power-fukushima
5.. http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/nuclear-faq.html