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Your goals for this lesson will help keep you focused on what you should be learning.
Your goals for this lesson will help keep you focused on what you should be learning.
1. You will be able to evaluate potential renewable energy sources based on both positive and negative impacts.
2. You will systematically decide on the most important criteria for making a decision on which type of renewable energy source to use.
3. You will understand capacity factor and how it is applied in determining output for renewable energy sources.
4. You will use mathematics, and research to determine the annual power output for a selected renewable energy resource.
5. You will use an online calculator to estimate the monthly power usage for their households.
6. You will use mathematics and unit conversion to calculate how many of their own households can be supported by a chosen renewable energy resource.
7. You will defend your choice of renewable energy resource.
Educational Standards
Educational Standards
This lesson can be used in conjunction with the Project Lead The Way (PLTW) curriculum Principles of Engineering (POE) lessons 1.2.1 (Energy Sources), and 1.4.1 (Design Project: Energy and Power)
This lesson can be used in conjunction with the Project Lead The Way (PLTW) curriculum Principles of Engineering (POE) lessons 1.2.1 (Energy Sources), and 1.4.1 (Design Project: Energy and Power)
DCI - ETS1.B - Engineering Design - Developing Possible Solutions
· When evaluating solutions, it is important to take into account a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics, and to consider social, cultural, and environmental impacts. (HS-ETS1-3)
DCI - ETS1.C - Engineering Design - Optimizing the Design Solution
· Criteria may need to be broken down into simpler ones that can be approached systematically, and decisions about the priority of certain criteria over others (tradeoffs) may be needed. (secondary to HS-PS1-6)
Science and Engineering Practice Standard - Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking
· Apply techniques of algebra and functions to represent and solve scientific and engineering problems.
· Apply ratios, rates, percentages, and unit conversions in the context of complicated measurement problems involving quantities with derived or compound units (such as mg/mL, kg/m3, acre-feet, etc.)
Science and Engineering Practice - Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
· Compare, integrate and evaluate sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a scientific question or solve a problem.
· Gather, read, and evaluate scientific and/or technical information from multiple authoritative sources, assessing the evidence and usefulness of each source.
Standards for Technological Literacy S4.9-12 Students will develop an understanding of the cultural, social, economic, and political effects of technology.
· Making decisions about the use of technology involves weighing the trade-offs between the positive and negative effects.
· When new technologies are developed to reduce the use of resources, considerations of trade-offs are important.
· Decisions regarding the implementation of technologies involve the weighing of trade-offs between predicted positive and negative effects on the environment.
Source: https://www.pltw.org/our-programs/standards-alignment
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