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Framework
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Topic outline
Click the linked topics below for additional
resources
| Energy Resources |
| 1. Renewable/nonrenewable sources |
a. Examples
- coal, oil, natural gas,
nuclear,
solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, biomass, tidal
b. Benefits and limitations
c. Projected reserves/availability |
| 2. Human Use |
a. Historical use
b. Community sectors -
transportation,
agricultural, industrial,
municipal,
commercial, residential,
c. Demands and consumption |
| 3. Effects |
a. Environmental -
pollution,
climate
change,
mining issues, waste management, habitat
destruction
b. Human health
c. Economic
d. Political - war, legislation, border issues |
| 4. Solutions |
a. Technology
b. Projected reserves/availability
c. Demands and consumption
d. Lifestyle changes |
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RESOURCES
| Projected reserves/availability |
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A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (DVD)
Web site:
http://www.oilcrashmovie.com
DVD: $24.99 at
Amazon.com
Good video to show when discussing topics such as "Peak Oil" or
availability of fossil fuels. The 90 minute documentary explains
how our civilization’s addiction to oil puts it on a collision
course with geology. Compelling and entertaining, the film
visits with the world’s top experts and comes to a startling,
but logical conclusion – our industrial society, built on cheap
and readily available oil, must be completely
re-imagined and
overhauled.
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Global Energy Flows (activity)
Source: Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
Web site (search page to find "Global Energy Flows"
activity)
Students analyze data detailing global energy
sources (wind, solar, etc) and sinks (uses) and construct a
diagram to show the relative scale and the connections between
them. Discussions of scale, historical, socio-environmental and
geographic variation in this data and implications for future
energy use are included. |
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