What is the cost of inefficiency?
Description
Students will learn about the concepts of work, power, and energy and how they translate to energy efficiency. Students will also read about energy efficiency and how sustainable energy use translates to cost savings. Through a demonstration of light bulb wattage using a Kill-A-Watt meter, students will be able to get a better sense of how to make small changes that lead to a bigger energy-saving impact.
Next Generation Science Standards
Disciplinary Core Ideas
- PS2.A Forces and Motion
- PS2.B Types of Interactions
- PS3.A Definitions of Energy
- PS3.B Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
- PS3.C Relationship Between Energy and Forces
- ETS1.A Defining and Delimiting an Engineering Problem
Cross Cutting Concepts
- Cause and Effect
- Energy and Matter
- Patterns
Learning Objectives
At the end of the lesson students will be able to