Impacts of Energy Sources
Students will explore and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the following energy sources - solar, wind, hydroelectric power, nuclear, geothermal, tidal, biomass, coal, oil, and natural gas.
- Inform students that they will continue to explore the advantages and disadvantages of each energy source.
- Distribute the Impacts of Energy Sources exploration sheet to each student.
- Ask students to go to the student resources Web page and click on the Impacts of Energy Sources link.
- Ask students to read the content on the Web pages and complete the Impacts of Energy Sources table on their exploration sheets.
- Instruct students to complete the Analyze your data section on the exploration sheet.
- Review and discuss the advantages of the renewable energy sources and the disadvantages of the nonrenewable energy sources. Ask students if they have any questions about concepts covered in the lesson and respond to their questions.
- If students at the completion of the activity do not understand the main advantages of renewable energy sources or the main disadvantages of nonrenewable energy sources, modify instruction to revisit these concepts.
- Collect the student exploration sheets. They will need these exploration sheets to complete the Investigating Energy Resources for the Isle of Navitas activity.
Materials Needed:
Handout
Assessment Information
Impacts of Energy Sources Assessment (PDF / MS Word)
Teacher Resources/Content Support
Energy Basics - Print Version (PDF)