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.
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Electric Vehicles
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!
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.
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.
EV Grand Prix
Students will build a battery-powered car, trace the energy transformations, and then race them!
Charging Forward: Electric Vehicle Debates
Students will present scientific arguments on various topics related to electric vehicles in the form of debates with the goal of becoming more aware of some of the issues related to the adoption of electric vehicles.
Today I learned about Electric Cars
In this educator’s guide created by the TILclimate project through MIT, students will explore EV associated emissions across the US, identify impacts of air pollution from gas vehicles and create an improvement plan for their school site.
Take Charge of Charging
In this lesson from Electrify America, students will research charging stations and energy sources and then will develop a position paper identifying the effect of the increased need of electricity in their town to deliver in a debate.