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Your name and class
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Step -1 -Global goal
• Introduce the global goal that you are working on in one or two sentences
• https://www.globalgoals.org/
• Global Goals: https://www.globalgoals.org/; https://www.globalgoals.org/7-affordable-and-cleanenergy
• Countries and energy sources: https://energytransition.org/2016/12/costa-ricas-transitions-2/
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Step 2 – What is the problem?
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Outline the energy crisis the world is facing.
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Identify the range of renewable energy resources that could be used to solve the crisis.
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Select a city, town or village anywhere in the world and state the renewable energy resource you think is well suited to the location chosen.
Resources
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Step-1Global Goals: https://www.globalgoals.org/; Countries and energy sources: https://energytransition.org/2016/12/costa-ricas-transitions-2/;
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The energy crisis: http://planetforlife.com/
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http://school.ebonline.com/levels Log on to GESS Home page, go to library, Britannica series
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http://www.global-economic-symposium.org/knowledgebase/the-global-environment/the-energy-crisis-and-climate-change/proposals/the-energy-crisis-and-climate-change
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Step -2 -
Select a city, town or village anywhere in the world and state the renewable energy resource
you think is well suited to the location chosen.
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Step 3 – What is the solution?
• Write a scientific explanation of how your chosen renewable energy resource
provides energy using appropriate scientific terminology from the unit.
Include appropriate diagrams/pictures to support your explanation.
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Resources- use Brain pop ; videos from https://www.energy.gov/eere/education/eere-energy-101-video-series
Hydroelectricity: http://energy.gov/eere/water/how-hydropower-works
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Wind energy: http://windeis.anl.gov/guide/basics/
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Solar energy: http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewable-energy/how-solar-energy-works.html#.VqfdBk3ovIU
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Nuclear energy: http://education.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/nuclear-energy/
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Tidal energy: http://learning.media.mit.edu/seed/wave%20energy.html
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Geothermal energy: http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewable-energy/how-geothermal-energy-works.html#.Vqfdtk3ovIU
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Biomass: http://www.reenergyholdings.com/renewable-energy/what-is-biomass/
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Step 4 – Discussion of the benefits of the chosen renewable energy
State- minimum of 4 benefits
• Resources• Your textbook
• http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/pros-and-cons-of-renewable-energy.php
• https://www.betterworldsolutions.eu/pros-cons-of-renewable-energy-sources/
• http://blog.iass-potsdam.de/2016/05/social-benefits-of-renewable-energies/
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Step 4 – Discussion of the benefits of the chosen renewable energy
Do PEEL approach for at least two benefits- link it to your location
Point ; Example; Evidence; Link
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Describe what is it about the environment (i.e. your chosen location) that makes your choice of energy source the most suitable.
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Describe how your choice of energy source positively impacts on the environment?
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Describe how will people benefit by your choice of energy source? Will people:
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be healthier?
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lose land or be moved from their homes?
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have a more/less reliable supply of energy?
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have to pay more for their energy supply?
Include statistics, pictures, tables and graphs to support your presentation.
• Resources• Your textbook
• http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/pros-and-cons-of-renewable-energy.php
• https://www.betterworldsolutions.eu/pros-cons-of-renewable-energy-sources/
• http://blog.iass-potsdam.de/2016/05/social-benefits-of-renewable-energies/
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Step 5 – Discussion of the limitations of the chosen renewable energy
State a minimum of 4 limitations
• Resources• Your textbook
• http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/pros-and-cons-of-renewable-energy.php
• https://www.betterworldsolutions.eu/pros-cons-of-renewable-energy-sources/
• http://blog.iass-potsdam.de/2016/05/social-benefits-of-renewable-energies/
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Step 5 – Discussion of the limitations of the chosen renewable energy
Do PEEL approach for one limitation –link to your chosen place
Point ; Example; Evidence; Link
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Describe how your choice of energy source negatively impacts on the environment?
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Describe how will people be negatively affected by your choice of energy source?
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Include statistics, pictures, tables and graphs to support your presentation.
• Resources• Your textbook
• http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/pros-and-cons-of-renewable-energy.php
• https://www.betterworldsolutions.eu/pros-cons-of-renewable-energy-sources/
• http://blog.iass-potsdam.de/2016/05/social-benefits-of-renewable-energies/
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Step 6 – Summary
Summarise how the energy source can contribute to the global goal of providing affordable and clean
energy for all.
Global Goals: https://www.globalgoals.org/; https://www.globalgoals.org/7-affordable-and-clean-energy
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Works cited list- minimum 3 resources; 2 types of resources
• Name of the author/ organization, name of the article, date published, url, date accessed.
• Books – Name of the author, Name of the book, date published, publisher.
• List all the resources in alphabetical order
• Make sure you have in-texted them in your presentation
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