- Emerging Renewable Energy Resources
Summary:
Students explore how emerging renewable energy resources help meet global energy needs, and what factors influence their potential for widespread use.
Learning Objectives:
Instruction in this lesson should result in students achieving the following objectives:
1. Identify and describe emerging renewable energy resources.
2. Evaluate the feasibility of emerging renewable energy resources.
3. Compare the potential benefits and challenges of emerging renewable energy resources.
Standards:
NGSS Performance Expectations:
4-ESS3-1
CEWD ENR Content Standards (Secondary):
TDS.01.01.01.b
CE.01.04.01.b
Indiana NLPS Competency Domains:
5229.D6.1
5229.D6.4
5229.D6.2
5229.D6.6
5229.D6.3
- Hydroelectric Power Systems and Biogeochemical Cycles
Summary:
Students examine how components and environmental impacts of hydroelectric power systems—and the biogeochemical cycles they depend on—shape their role in sustainable energy production.
Learning Objectives:
Instruction in this lesson should result in students achieving the following objectives:
1. Identify and explain the essential components common to all hydroelectric power systems.
2.Analyzefactorsthataffectthefeasibilityofhydroelectricpowersystems,includingenvironmental,economic,andsocialconsiderations.
3.Diagramandexplainthewater,carbon,nitrogen,andphosphoruscycles,highlighting key processes within each biogeochemical cycle.
Standards:
NGSS Performance Expectations:
4-ESS3-1
CEWD ENR Content Standards (Secondary):
CE.01.01.01.a
CE.01.01.01.b
Indiana NLPS Competency Domains:
5229.D6.5
5229.D6.7
5229.D6.8