Re-Energy.Ca

Topic:  Renewable Energy

Source:  Pembina Institute, Suncor Energy Foundation, The Energreen Foundation, Shell Environmental Fund, Friends of the Environment Foundation, Community Lottery Board Grant Program, Transport Canada

Web address: http://www.re-energy.ca/index.htm

Grade Levels:  6-12

Learning Strategies:  Project-based learning; http://www.re-energy.ca/t_teacher.shtml

Frameworks Connections: (Grades 6 - 8)

Science and Technology/Engineering

• Physical Sciences

Forms of Energy
Heat Energy

• Technology/Engineering

2. Engineering Design
5. Construction Technologies
6. Transportation Technologies

Frameworks Connections: (Grades 9 - 12)

Science and Technology/Engineering

• Earth and Space Science

1. Matter and Energy in the Earth System
2. The Earth's Sources of Energy

• Biology

6. Ecology

• Physics

1. Motions and Forces

• Technology/Engineering

1. Engineering Design
2. Construction Technologies
3. Energy and Power Technologies-Fluid Systems
4. Energy and Power Technologies-Thermal Systems
5. Energy and Power Technologies-Electrical Systems

Cost:  Free

Description: Re-Energy.Ca is a renewable energy project kit that explores topics of wind energy, water energy, solar energy, biomass energy, and other technologies through a series of hands-on, project-based lessons.  Students can investigate renewable energy by creating functioning models of technologies from solar cars to wind turbines.  Each lesson includes background readings for students and teachers, detailed construction plans for five renewable energy models, and a lessons plan.  Each lesson plan includes a brief overview, learning objectives, an overall timeframe, materials needed, and a day-to-day outline of procedures to complete the lesson. Also included are student worksheets in an open-ended project format with guiding questions and concepts, sample rubrics where applicable, and data tables for data collection.