Energy

Day 35

Energy Resources for the Isle of Navitas

Students will explore energy resources for one of three provinces on the Isle of Navitas. They will analyze the benefits, costs, and environmental impacts of each energy source. Students will analyze energy resources for the island and develop an energy policy statement. The policy will recommend an efficient combination of energy sources to provide sufficient power to the province while minimizing environment impacts. Students will apply and use GIS tools and knowledge from past activities to make decisions for the placement of power plants in their province.
 
IMPORTANT NOTE: Prior to implementing this activity with your students, please refer to the:
  1. Investigating Energy Resources for the Isle of Navitas with My World GIS or Web GIS Teacher Guide 
  2. Investigating Energy Resources for the Isle of Navitas Assessments for each province
  3. Visual Guides to Assess the Isle of Navitas Activity for each province to assist you with additional content knowledge about this activity.
 
Note: This instructional sequence focuses primarily on teaching with My World GIS. Please consult the Investigating Energy Resources for the Isle of Navitas with Web GIS Teacher Guide below for instructional support for teaching with the Isle of Navitas Web GIS.
 
Video overviews of the learning activity are located below in the Teacher Resources/Content Support section of this Web page. These overviews show how to use the GIS for data analysis in the investigation. You may wish to show your students an overview video as you introduce the learning activity.
 
  1. Instruct students to download the Navitas_Isle.m3vz file from the Student Resources Web page.
     
  2. Ask students to open the Navitas_Isle.m3vz file in My World GIS.
     
  3. Instruct student groups to continue to investigate the energy resources for their province and answer the questions on their investigation sheets for each energy resource.

    Implementation suggestion:
    - For classes with students with special needs, you may wish to provide additional modeling, prompts and guidance for each energy source. You may wish to guide students through each question for the first energy source on the investigation sheet before continuing to the next energy source.
     
  4. Students should complete questions 2-7 on their investigation sheet.
     
  5. Ask students if they have any questions regarding the activity and respond to their questions.
     
  6. Have students close and not save any changes they made to the My World GIS file when they finish (if other students in later classes will use the file).

Materials Needed:


My World Handouts

(1) Investigating Energy Resources for the Isle of Navitas with My World GIS Teacher Guide (PDF / MS Word)

(2) Investigating Energy Resources for the Isle of Navitas with My World GIS Student Handout (PDF / MS Word) 

(3) Investigating Energy Resources for the Isle of Navitas Investigation Sheet (PDF / MS Word)


My World GIS File 

Navitas_Isle (M3VZ)


Web GIS Handouts 

(1) Investigating Energy Resources for the Isle of Navitas with Web GIS Teacher Guide (PDF / MS Word)

(2) Investigating Energy Resources for the Isle of Navitas with Web GIS Student Handout (PDF / MS Word) 

(3) Investigating Energy Resources for the Isle of Navitas Investigation Sheet (PDF / MS Word)


Web GIS

Isle of Navitas


Assessment Information 

Investigating Energy Resources for the Isle of Navitas Assessment-Province of Cambria (PDF / MS Word)

Visual Guide to Assess the Isle of Navitas Activity-Province of Cambria (PDF)

Investigating Energy Resources for the Isle of Navitas Assessment-Province of Gaul (PDF / MS Word)

Visual Guide to Assess the Isle of Navitas Activity-Province of Gaul (PDF)

Investigating Energy Resources for the Isle of Navitas Assessment-Province of Iberia (PDF / MS Word)

Visual Guide to Assess the Isle of Navitas Activity-Province of Iberia (PDF)


Teacher Resources/Content Support

Web GIS Isle of Navitas Tutorial (QuickTime Video)