Powering Our Future

Grades 3-6
March 25, 2017
Presented by SRP Community Outreach
Kevin.rolfe@srpnet.com
Cscott.greenhalgh@eduprizeschools.net
msinskeep60@msn.com
ethan6@cox.net
ctruxal@eeexchange.org

ctruxal@eeexchange.org
RENEWABLE ENERGY CURRICULUM
Energy Bingo
Energy BINGO

Write their
Find people First person to
name in the
around the room fill their BINGO
corresponding
who can answer card gets a
box on your
the statements prize!
bingo card

http://need.org/energybingo
Overview of Powering Our
Future
Renewable Energy Curriculum Materials

3 modules
• 4th-6th
• 6th-8th
• High School (solar-focused)

Written by Environmental Education Exchange with the help of over 70 local

teachers and administrators

Correlated to College and Career Readiness State Standards

NGS Standards being implemented

Wealth of activities, but also a springboard for digging deeper in renewable

energies
Energy Literacy

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Resources

What are Natural resources?

What are Renewable resources?

What are Nonrenewable resources?

Resources and Electricity

What resources are used to

generate electricity?
Which resources used to generate
electricity are renewable?
What is Clean Energy?
Energy Literacy

What are all the things

students/people should know
about energy?
Brainstorm Organize
Justify
your ideas your ideas
your
on Post-it on chart
thinking
notes paper
Forms of Energy
6-8, Unit 1, Lesson 3 Energy Transformations
What is energy?

Ability to do work or cause

change

Produces Warmth

Produces Light

Produces Sound

Produces Movement

Produces Growth
Classes of Energy

Potential Kinetic
• Stored energy or • Energy of motion
• Motion
energy of position
• Electrical
• Gravitational • Sound
• Nuclear • Radiant
• Chemical • Thermal
Potential Energy

Gravitational
Energy
• Energy an object or
substance has
because of its
position
• Anything “up high”
Potential Energy

Nuclear Energy
• Energy stored in
the nucleus of
an atom

Holds the atom

together
Potential Energy

Chemical
Perspective
Energy
Drawing
The energy
stored in
the bonds
between
atoms

Holds
molecules
together Molecular
Formula
Kinetic Energy

Mechanical
(Motion) Energy
Movement of
objects or
substances from
one place to
another
Kinetic Energy

Electrical Energy
Movement of
electrons

NOT AN
ELECTRON
PARADE!
Kinetic Energy
Sound Energy
Movement of energy through substances in
the form of longitudinal/compression waves
Kinetic Energy

Radiant Energy
Electromagnetic energy
that travels in transverse
waves
 Kinetic Energy

Thermal (Heat) Energy

Internal energy of a substance due
to the vibration of atoms and
molecules making up the substance
Energy Transfers

Energy will
always
transfer
from high to
low.
Energy can not be
created nor
destroyed, only
changed.
• Law of Conservation
of Energy
• First Law of
Thermodynamics
Can Natural Resources Do It All?
POF Website, Module 6-8, Unit 1, Lesson 1
Where Does Arizona Get
Electricity?
There are 10 sections.

Think in terms of fractions or

percentages. If you color in 5 sections,
that would be or 50%. If you colored in 3
sections, that would be or 30%.

Try to think of all the resources

Arizona uses.

Assign a value to each.

How is Electrical Energy
Generated?
Coal Plant Simulation

Adapted from NEED.org, Primary Energy

Stories and More, “A Cool Coal Story”
Where Does Arizona Get
Electricity?
There are 10 sections.

Think in terms of fractions or

percentages. If you color in 5 sections,
that would be or 50%. If you colored in 3
sections, that would be or 30%.

Try to think of all the resources

Arizona uses.

Assign a value to each.

 Energy Sources Jigsaw

Write what you have

With your group, read learned on your poster
your assigned expert • Definition
passage to learn about • Facts
your form of energy • Important to Know
• Challenges

Definition Facts/
(your own words) Characteristics

Benefit Challenges
Break time!
Presentation Time

How would
Share your
2 minutes you adjust for
Jigsaw
your class?
Where Does Arizona Get
Electricity?
There are 10 sections.

Think in terms of fractions or

percentages. If you color in 5 sections,
that would be or 50%. If you colored in 3
sections, that would be or 30%.

Try to think of all the resources

Arizona uses.

Assign a value to each.

Natural Resources Used for Energy
in Arizona- 2016
Energy Information Administration, 2016
Natural Resources Used for Energy
in Arizona
Natural Resources Used to Generate Energy in Arizona

Coal
27.83% 31.81%
3.98% Solar
Natural Gas
4.97% 2.58%
Hydro
28.83%
Nuclear
Other
Renewables
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2016
Natural Resources Used for Energy
in U.S.
Natural Resources Used to Generate Energy in the U. S.

Coal

20.08% 7.03% 33.13% Solar

6.02% Natural Gas

0.60%
Hydro
33.13%
Nuclear
Other Renewables
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2016
Side-By-Side Comparison
U.S.
Natural Resources Used to Generate Energy in Arizona

Natural Resources Used to Generate Energy in the U. S.

Coal

Solar
Coal
27.83%3.98% 31.81% Natural
Gas
Solar
4.97% 2.58%
7.03% Natural Gas
28.83% Hydro 33.13%
0.60%
20.08%
6.02% Hydro
Nuclear 33.13%
Nuclear
Other
Renewa Other
bles Renewable
Arizona s
SRP’s Resource Mix FY16

Nuclear
9.18%
38.78% Other
2.04%

Coal
35.71%
Sustainable
14.29% Resources

Natural Gas

Total Capacity = 7,501 MW

SRP’s Sustainable Portfolio
FY16

Wind; 5.41%
Solar; 5.60% Energy Efficiency; 45.74%
Landfill Gas; 2.54%
Biomass; 2.74%
Fuel Cell; 0.03% M-Power; 6.19%
Hydro; 15.86% REC's; 1.44%
Geothermal; 14.47%
Work Stations

SRP Solar
Flow of
Light Fountain
Electrons
Boxes s
Simulating Electric Current
Electromotive Force

Set the switch to “Incan” for incandescent bulbs.

Turn the generator and see if you can light all the
lights.
Now set the switch to “LED” and turn the generator
again.

What happened?

Discuss at your table.

Raffle Time!!
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Other Resources
Thank You!!