Energy2006                 Energy: Chapters 13,14&15

 

Jan 30

Chapter 13: Fossil Fuels

  • Past and Present Energy Consumption
  • Energy Conversion and Matching

Video-Fossil Fuels/Earth's Limited Resources

 

Home Energy Audit-Part II What’s in your home?

Bring with you on Feb 3- web lab handout section

 

Feb 1

 

Feb 3

 

Energy Use and Conservation-Bring Calculator

 

Electrical Production and Analysis-Bring Calculator

Home Energy Audit- Bring Your appliance list

Chapter 14: Nuclear Power

  • Nuclear Reactions and Energy
  • Nuclear Plus/ Nuclear Minus
  • Safety Issues
  • Future of Nuclear Power

 

Feb 6

Video- Nuclear Waste or Chernobyl

HW: :  http://pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/reaction/

 

 

Use handout on homework page

 

 

Feb 8

Chapter 15: Renewable Energy

  • Solar-Direct
  • Solar-Indirect

Video-Renewable Energy Sources

Feb 10

Renewable Energy Cont’d

Lab- Solar Collector *weather permitting

 

Feb 13

 

AP Exam- Energy Questions

 

 

 

Feb 15

Exam: Energy (Chapters 13,14,15)

 

 

Standards:             AP Outline of Topics

                                II. Interdependence of Earth’s Systems: Fundamental Principles and Concepts

A.       The Flow of Energy- forms and quality, energy units and measurement

 

                                IV. Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources: Distribution,Ownership, Use, Degradation

                                       E.Energy-Conventional Sources, Alternate Sources

 

V.       Environmental Quality

B.       Impact of Human Health-relative risks: evaluation and response

 

VII.Environment and Society: Trade-Offs and Decision Making

       A.  Economic Forces