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  Creating Biodiesel & Mitigating Waste

  This exercise introduces students to the concept of alternative fuels, and gives them an opportunity to produce their own biodiesel fuel using an analytical approach. The text of the exercise gives students a brief background in the...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Generation, Recycling and Waste Management, Renewable Energy
  Subject:Science, Environmental Science
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  Critical Hope Teaching Manual

    The Critical Hope  teaching manual is a 94 page environmental education workshop package which includes almost 30 group or classroom activities and support material.  Coming out of Master’s work at the Faculty of Environmental...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Renewable Energy, Taking Action
  Subject:Science, English / Language Arts, Life Skills, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
  Level:Primary / Elementary, Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
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  Designing a Wind Turbine Blade

  Meeting the Sustainable Energy Challenge - Designing Wind Turbine Blades Students will use materials provided / available to design the shape, number and pitch of turbine blades to produce the maximum power possible. Blades are...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Generation, Renewable Energy, Science and Technology
  Subject:Science, Technology and Skilled Trades, Physics, Earth Science
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 7 9 10 11 12
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  Designing Wind Turbine Blades

  A sustainable energy design challenge : working in teams, students design the shape, number and pitch of of the blades of a wind turbine that will produce the maximum power possible. Developed by teacher Kent Lewarne, in a project...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Energy Generation, Renewable Energy
  Subject:Technology and Skilled Trades, Environmental Studies, Physics, Environmental Science
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
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  Electro City online energy game

  This is an engaging game where students are the mayor of a city. They need to make energy decisions that will affect the environment, population and budget.  http://www.electrocity.co.nz Teachers can access information...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Use and Conservation, Natural Resources, Renewable Energy
  Subject:Economics, Environmental Studies, Earth Science, Environmental Science
  Level:Primary / Elementary, Intermediate / Middle
  Grade: 5 6 7 8
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  EnerAction

  EnerAction helps you bring energy conservation and efficiency projects to your grade 4 to 7 students. EnerAction gets students talking about energy and helps them see the connections between energy consumption and their daily choices....

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Use and Conservation, Renewable Energy, Transportation
  Subject:Science, English / Language Arts, Geography, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
  Level:Primary / Elementary, Intermediate / Middle
  Grade: 4 5 6 7
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  Energy Awareness Quiz

  In this activity, students will identify their level of knowledge about energy issues and calculate the CO 2 emissions caused by their lifestyles. They will then formulate a plan to reduce and/or counteract their emissions. Class...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Generation, Energy Use and Conservation, Renewable Energy
  Subject:Mathematics, Geography, Visual Arts, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  Energy BOT Squad

  This resource introduces Canada’s major energy sources through mascots (oil, gas, hydro, geothermal, coal, hydrogen and fuel cell, biofuel, solar, nuclear and wind). The BOT Squad is a team of 10 BOTs, each of which represent a...

  Type:Research
  Topic:Energy Generation, Energy Use and Conservation, Renewable Energy
  Subject:Science, Geography, Social Studies
  Level:Primary / Elementary
  Grade: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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  Energy Detectives

  Students explore the classroom as they look and feel for signs of energy. They record the ways they use energy throughout a typical day in an energy detective journal.

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Generation, Energy Use and Conservation, Renewable Energy
  Subject:Science, English / Language Arts, Visual Arts
  Level:Intermediate / Middle
  Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9
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  Energy in Today's Global Society

  This unit strives to incorporate the science behind current and future energy technologies within an inquiry and application based framework. Through the use of innovative resource cards that students create themselves, students will...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Generation, Energy Use and Conservation, Renewable Energy
  Subject:Science, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Science
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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