How does energy affect wildlife?

Grades
9101112
Time Required
1 class period
Topic
Students will learn that different electricity generation sources have very different effects on wildlife.
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Description

Students will become acquainted with the impacts of electricity generation on wildlife. Students will research one or two generation technologies in groups and record its impacts on wildlife in a worksheet. They will then rank each technology based on its risks and impacts to wildlife.

Next Generation Science Standards

Disciplinary Core Ideas

  • ETS1.A Defining and Delimiting an Engineering Problem
  • ESS2.A Earth materials and systems
  • ESS2.C The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes

Cross Cutting Concepts

  • Stability and Change

Learning Objectives

At the end of the lesson students will be able to

  • Understand the different wildlife effects and risks from electricity generated by coal, nuclear, hydro, and wind
  • Complete a thorough life cycle analysis of each of the fuels to understand how the different phases are related to the different wildlife effects

Materials

  • Student reading passages and student worksheets

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