Energy: Past, Present, and Future

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 24.04.07

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Demographics
  3. Rationale
  4. Background Content
  5. Strategies
  6. Activities
  7. Annotated Bibliography
  8. Annotated Bibliography for Students
  9. List of Materials
  10. Appendix Implementing District Standards
  11. Notes

Energy: Virginia’s Past, Present, and Future Will Blow You Away!

Valerie J. Schwarz

Published September 2024

Tools for this Unit:

List of Materials

Activity 1: Clear plastic tubs, 3 fl. ounce paper cups, push pins, food coloring (red and blue), cold water, hot water, time-elapsed video of cold front

Activity 2: Plastic foam core board cut into 5” x 2 ½” pieces, X-Acto knife or utility blade, plastic straws, round wooden beads, wooden skewers, button (to attach mast to), ¼ inch diameter dowels for masts, hot glue gun(s), glue sticks, acetate sheets (5” x 6”), foam sheets (cut into 5” x 6” pieces), card stock (cut into 5” x 6” pieces), scissors, rulers, and box fan (if sailed inside).

Activity 3: KidWind Firefly kits; pinwheel activity supplies: scissors, pencils or dowels, ruler, Scotch® tape, glue stick, construction paper (8½” x 11”), and thumb tacks.

Activity 4: Copies of Figure 2 (in this curriculum unit) for each group, image of “Duck Curve” to display.

Activity 5: Possible list of materials to construct wind turbine with ecosystem below: cardboard, shoeboxes, plastic foam core board, hot glue gun, glue sticks, egg cartons, cardboard circles or other round material for a hub, dowels or wooden skewers, straws, popsicle sticks, construction paper, 1.5v motors (optional), AA or C batteries (optional), electrical wires (optional), and electrical tape(optional)

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