Energy Audit
In this lesson from Energy is Everything, students will explore energy efficiency by learning to read an electric meter, touring their school campus to evaluate energy-efficiency and discuss their findings.
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Electric Vehicles
Road Trip
Students will design their own summer road trip including the electric vehicle that they will drive, the distance between charges, charging locations, and overall cost.
All Charged Up
Students will explore how a battery works, build their own battery, and then compare and contrast technologies specific to electric vehicle batteries.
Mini Grand Prix
Students will build a car using recyclable materials (or RAFT kits), trace the energy transformations happening in the process, and race them!
Horse to Horsepower
Students will sequence historical modes of transportation in chronological order, determine how they function, and identify efficiencies and challenges.
Advanced Through an Electric Vehicle
Students will identify parts of an electric vehicle, determine their various functions through a webquest, and then use these EV parts to write a script for the next cartoon episode… “Field Trip through the Electric Vehicle”
Mythbusters - EV Edition
In this lesson, students will predict and develop understandings of common myths related to electric vehicles through an interactive slide deck. They will create a social media post dispelling one of these myths.
Decoding the Drive: Gas, Gas, Hybrid, or Electric
Students will compare gas-powered, hybrid, and electric vehicles using a choice board and anticipation guide, play a round of jeopardy, and learn how new EV technologies can integrate into older gas-powered cars.
Harnessing the Wind
Students will build a wind turbine using recyclable materials (or RAFT kits) and learn about the role of a generator in transforming the kinetic energy into electrical energy.