Green+Energy

=Green Energy Workshop=



__Quick Overview__ This module is to inform student the ever growing importance on green energy and what is out there already giving us green energy.

__Eco-Ed Literacy Goals__ >
 * People understanding their own health and wellbeing as shaped by an array of both proximate and far-off causes. Diet and cigarette smoke need to be considered, for example, as well as the health effects of transboundary air pollution and climate change.
 * People having a complex understanding of different scientific disciplines and medical specializations, aware that they rely on diverse methods, produce many types of knowledge, and are ever evolving. Science needs to be understood as a crucial but far from straightforward social resource.


 * People having a complex understanding of different scientific disciplines and medical specializations, aware that they rely on diverse methods, produce many types of knowledge, and are ever evolving. Science needs to be understood as a crucial but far from straightforward social resource.


 * People having a complex understanding of government at various scales, from the local to the transnational, made up of diverse agencies and types of experts, which rely on diverse decision-making processes.


 * People understanding (though familiarity with historical and cross-cultural examples, for instance) potential for change, and alterative ways of doing things and organizing society.


 * People having creative info-seeking practices, and animated analytic capabilities.

__Intended Grade__ 5 - 6

__Time line__ (2 - 3 Hours) Introduction - 15 minutes Ice Breaker - 15 minutes Presentation on Green Energy - 30 minutes Activity - 30 minutes Video - 30 minutes Wrap Up - 15 minutes

__Materials Needed__ Projector Markers Crayons

__Ice Breaker__ Energy Jeopardy

__Activity__ Use a linear actuator flashlight and a crank flashlight to show the value of electricity and how hard it is to make. Then show real world fact and relate them to how long they would have to shake/crank a flash light to make the same amount of energy.

__Presentation__