Energy: Past, Present, and Future

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 24.04.01

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Content Objectives
  3. Teaching Strategies
  4. Classroom Activities
  5. Resources
  6. Bibliography
  7. Appendix on Implementing District Standards
  8. Notes

Powering Our Community: An Analysis of Washington D.C.’s Renewable Energy Plan

Sean Crumley

Published September 2024

Tools for this Unit:

Resources

Blackers, Andrew. 2012. "Asia Pacific Super Grid – Solar electricity generation, storage and distribution." Green, 1. – This resource describes how solar energy may be stored and how it is generated on a large scale.

Department of Energy. 2016. Top 6 Things You Didn't Know About Solar Energy. Accessed July 16, 2024. https://www.energy.gov/articles/top-6-things-you-didnt-know-about-solar-energy. – This website is a great resource for undertanding the basics of solar energy production.

Goldstein-Rose, Solomon. 2020. The 100% solution: A plan for solving climate change. Brooklyn: Melville House. – This book describes what may be needed to fully use renewable energy instead of fossil fuels.

—. n.d. Wind Energy Basics. Accessed July 16, 2024. https://www.nrel.gov/research/re-wind.html#:~:text=Unlike%20fans%2C%20which%20use%20electricity,generator%20and%20creates%20clean%20electricity. – This website describes how wind energy is used to generate electricity.

U.S. Energy Information Administration. 2023. Biomass explained. Accessed July 16, 2024. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/biomass/landfill-gas-and-biogas.php. – This resource describes biomass and the creation of the excess methane and electrical generation from it.

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