Stage 2
Sustainability
Students will be introduced to a variety of sustainability issues connected to everyday life. Sustainability of energy and building design. Focus on light, heat and electrical energy and developing their understanding of energy as a resource that can be generated and transferred. Students will have the opportunity to explore examples of digital systems and how they transmit data.
The program will include:
PowerPoint introduction.
Discovery activities in small groups:
- Energy: the story of energy and future energy sources.
- Solar eco house: Design and test various materials in sustainable house construction.
- Ways of producing electricity (solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, waves, tidal, nuclear)
- Hydro Power
- Model wind turbines to generate electricity
- Using solar panels to generate power including cooking using a solar oven
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