Week 3: April 6-10

Review Topic for This Week: Work & Energy

Optional Activities for this Week

• Tying it All Together Worksheet This is practice to bring all of our Unit 5 concepts together. 

  • Answer KEY​

• PBS Learning Activities

  • Deciding Your City's Energy Future: Decide which type of energy should be used to power a city’s electric grid in the coming decades. In this interactive lesson, you will watch videos and analyze data provided in graphs and maps concerning the availability, cost, reliability, and environmental impact of different energy sources. Then, use what you've learned to make a decision.

  • Energy Lab: Use scientific data to design renewable energy systems for cities across the U.S., in this interactive from the NOVA Energy Lab. In the research challenge, investigate what energy is, how it can be converted into useful forms, and why some sources are running low. You'll also have the chance to compete with others to see whose designs can produce the most power.

• Online Textbook​

  • ​The new resources for this week can be found under assignments or on the calendar. They are all labeled W3 (week 3)​.​​

  • Explore & Explain

    • There are many short segments that you can interact with and complete practice problems. These topics complement the PBS activity 'Deciding Your City's Energy Future' by explaining the various energy sources. There are explore & explain modules for these topics:

      • Earth's Main Energy Source: What is the main source of energy on Earth?

      • Biomass and Bio-fuels

      • Fossil Fuels

      • Solar Energy

      • Nuclear Energy

      • Other Sources of Energy:

      • Global Use of Sources:

      • Energy Efficiency

      • Sustainable Energy

• Videos

  • The Engineering Challenges of Renewable Energy: Let's look at renewable energy sources and why we need them. We’ll explore hydropower, wind, geothermal, and solar power, as well as some of the challenges, and how engineers are working to make their use more widespread.

  • The Future of Clean Energy: We'll look at how biomass can be burned as a fuel source, how hydrogen can be used in a fuel cell to generate electrical power, and how nuclear fission provides power to the grid. We'll also discuss how nuclear fusion might someday do the same without any radioactive waste.

  • Renewable Energy 101: There are many benefits to using renewable energy resources, but what is it exactly? From solar to wind, find out more about alternative energy, the fastest-growing source of energy in the world—and how we can use it to combat climate change.

Previous Resources

• In Class Notes

• In Class Practices

  • see Unit 5 page​

• Powerpoint resources

  • see Unit 5 page​

Teacher Support

• Available for Email Questions Monday through Friday (8:00a - 3:00p)

• Available to live-message on Teams Monday- Friday 10-11am

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