1. Visit the New re-energy.ca Website!
Thanks to funding from Green Street, we have redesigned the re-energy.ca website to make it more user-friendly for students and teachers alike.
At re-energy.ca, students of all ages find detailed construction plans
to build working models of wind turbines, solar ovens, hydroelectric generators, and biogas
generators. Students can also make use of related links as well as
backgrounders in Renewable Energy Basics, Solar Heat, Solar
Electricity, Wind Power, Water Power, Biomass Energy, and Other Clean
Energy Technologies.
As students explore renewable energy hands-on, they
- enjoy the challenge of building working models
- discover the fundamental principles of biology, chemistry and
physics
- see the application of science and technology to some of today's
most important environmental issues.
At www.greenlearning.ca, teachers can find supporting lesson plans, Solar Oven Challenge registration, and national curriculum connections for science, grades 6 to 12.
2. Get to Know Another GreenLearning Program
Would you like to deliver even more innovative, curriculum-linked
energy and environmental education to your students this year? Consider bringing more GreenLearning into your classroom:
eCards. Invite your grade 7 to 11 students
to research, write, design, and send their own eCards on climate change, wind power, solar
energy, nuclear power, oil and gas, arctic glaciers, or energy success stories, Visit the eCards
website to learn more.
EnerAction. Bring lessons on energy
sources, ecological footprints, energy ethics, and energy conservation to your grade 4 to 7 classes. In Lesson 7, for example, students use the Carbon Calculator
on the EnerAction website to measure the cost in dollars and in greenhouse gas emissions to light their school. Look for new EnerAction lessons and case studies on sustainable transportation next month!
Electricity All Around Us. Study electricity and
magnetism with your grade 5 students and explore electrical safety,
conductors/insulators, electrical circuits, power meters, and
energy use at home. Activity E3, Build a House allows students to choose
electrical appliances and other items, place them in a virtual home,
turn them on and see how they impact the monthly electricity meter.
Sustainable Futures for a Small Planet. Explore sustainability
with your high school social studies, geography and civics classes. Activities 1 to 3 explore needs versus
wants, quality of life indicators, gross domestic product (GDP), and
genuine progress indicators (GPI). The introductory video is an excellent place to start.
Real World Energy. Explore energy dynamics,
energy in living systems, and the production, delivery and consumption of energy
with your junior and senior high science students. Activity
A1, for example, provides an introduction to forms of energy - kinetic,
potential, and electrical.
Real World Ecosystems. Investigate ecosystems
with your junior high science students by studying relationships and interactions, succession,
monitoring, benefits, energy flows, cycles, impacts, solutions, and creating
change. Activity A5, for example, provides an
overview of ecosystem benefits such as air purification, food production, and
climate stabilization. Students map watersheds then investigate important
questions about their watershed.
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