Energy, Environment, and Health

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 12.07.11

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Preface
  2. Introduction
  3. Demographics and Description of Course
  4. Learning Objectives
  5. Rationale
  6. Student Projects
  7. Instructional Strategies
  8. Conclusion and Next Steps
  9. Appendix A: Implementing District and State Standards
  10. Appendix B: Further Resources and Readings for Students and Teachers
  11. Bibliography
  12. Endnotes

How Green Is Our School? Energy Conservation Challenge 2012

Amy Thwaite

Published September 2012

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Endnotes

  1. John Wargo, YNI Seminar: Energy, Environment and Human Health, discussion notes
  2. John Lennon, Musical Artist; from the song, "Imagine"; this quote and those indicated by notes #8, 9, 10, 11 and 17 below are included here because they will be used to generate student interest and classroom discussions
  3. Jefferson High School Accountability Report Card, 2010-2011, http://jefferson.schoolwisepress.com/home/site.aspx?entity=23449&year=2011
  4. Jefferson High School Profile 2011-2012, http://jhs.juhsd.net/pdf/Jefferson_School_Profile_2011-2012.pdf?entity=23449&year=2011
  5. E. E. (Stathis) Michaelides, Alternative Energy Sources, 2
  6. Tarbuck and Lutgens, Prentice Hall Earth Science, Ch. 4; this is the chapter on energy resources in the student textbook, and it will be supplemental to content that I deliver on this topic
  7. Fred Krupp, Earth: The Sequel, 3
  8. Eldridge Cleaver; see explanation from #2
  9. Barack Obama, President of the United States; see explanation from #2
  10. Mahatma Gandhi; see explanation from #2
  11. Margaret Meade (1901-1978), U.S. Anthropologist; quote context and origin unknown; see explanation from #2
  12. Electricity usage monitors range in price; with the more affordable models priced at around twenty dollars, such as the Kill A Watt P4400 by P3 International.
  13. http://www.nmsea.org/Curriculum/Primer/energy_physics_primer.htm. This is a useful site for background information on energy physics
  14. Work is defined as a given force applied across a distance and calculated by the formula W=f*d (where f is force measured in Newtons and d is distance measured in meters; this equation gives us work expressed in the Newton*meter, or the SI unit for energy, the Joule; where 1 J = 1 N*m).
  15. Modified from the IEA Energy Statistics Manual; www.iea.org/stats/docs/statistics_manual.pdf
  16. Tarbuck and Lutgens, Prentice Hall Earth Science, Ch. 4
  17. Brad Pitt, Actor; see explanation from #2
  18. From the International Energy Agency paper, Worldwide Trends in Energy Use and Efficiency, http://www.iea.org/Papers/2008/Indicators_2008.pdf
  19. Energy Information Administration/International Energy Outlook 2001, based on EIA, International Energy Annual 1999, DOE/EIA-0219(99) Washington DC, Jan. 2001 and EIA, World energy projection systel 200. http://www.grida.no/graphicslib/detail/trends-in-energy-consumption_2a09
  20. From the UN 2010 Projections and US Census Bureau historical estimates; File:World-Population-1800-2100.png
  21. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/7-billion; National Geographic presents an interactive which includes videos, interactive maps, articles, and photography that explore how the world will change in response to the current population growth

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