Content Objectives
Upon the completion of this unit, students will be able to differentiate between nonrenewable and renewable energy sources. The expectation will be that students will be able to describe the positives and negatives that energy has on the environment, living organisms, and on the economics of a nation/country. Likewise, they will need to begin developing an understanding of the distribution of natural energy resources. The advancement of the world has been made possible by societies being able to harness the Earth’s natural energy reserves. However, with a change in climate and depletion of Earth features and extinction of organisms, developing and utilizing renewable energy will provide long sustaining sources of energy.
This unit will follow a modified version of the Next Generation Science Standards called the Oklahoma Academic Science Standards. HS-ESS3-2 focuses on the forms of energy production and other resource extraction that have associated economic, and geopolitical costs and risks as well as benefits. Students should be able to evaluate competing design solutions for developing, managing, and utilizing natural resources based on cost-benefit ratios.
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