Household Energy Usage
Explore the energy used by many household appliances, such as television sets, hair dryers, lights, computers, etc. Make estimates for how long each item is used on a daily basis to get an estimate for the total power consumed during a day, a week, a month, and a year, and how that relates to consumer costs and environmental impact.
Launch GizmoHousehold Energy Usage
Explore the energy used by many household appliances, such as television sets, hair dryers, lights, computers, etc. Make estimates for how long each item is used on a daily basis to get an estimate for the total power consumed during a day, a week, a month, and a year, and how that relates to consumer costs and environmental impact.
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House Hold Energy Scientific Explanation Writing Prompt
This worksheet allows students to deepen their understanding of house hold energy and their own consumpti... (more)on of electricity by calculating their daily usage and creating plan to reduce their usage. They state a claim and support it with evidence and reasoning.
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Middle School Life Science
Financial Literacy: Ontario (fr.)
This is a modified French adaptation to the Exploration worksheet provided, but is more focused on financ... (more)ial literacy. It should be followed up with a class discussion.
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Middle School Life Science
Examining Time of Use Pricing using Smarter Science Framework
This is an extension to the existing lesson to evaluate the impact of time of use pricing. Students use t... (more)he Smarter Science inquiry framework to discuss the possible strategies governments may employ to modernize a large scale electricity distribution system.
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Middle School Life Science
New Brunswick Grade 6 Science EG-Electricity 303-30
This exploration guide is thought provoking and works well with outcome 303-30 of the Science curriculum ... (more)in the Electricity Unit
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Middle School Life Science
New Brunswick, Electricity Grade 6, Household Energy TG
New Brunswick curriculum outcomes and pre & post related outcome suggestions for Household Energy TG
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This is a must play for any grade 12 class!
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This gizmo really establishes that "real-world" connection. My students even formed an Energy Club after using it!
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