Emerging Technologies Curriculum

Summary:

Students explore how emerging renewable energy resources help meet global energy needs, and what factors influence their potential for widespread use.

Learning Objectives:

Instruction in this lesson should result in students achieving the following objectives:

1. Identify and describe emerging renewable energy resources.

2. Evaluate the feasibility of emerging renewable energy resources.

3. Compare the potential benefits and challenges of emerging renewable energy resources.

Standards:

NGSS Performance Expectations:

4-ESS3-1

CEWD ENR Content Standards (Secondary):

TDS.01.01.01.b

CE.01.04.01.b

Indiana NLPS Competency Domains:

5229.D6.1

5229.D6.4

5229.D6.2

5229.D6.6

5229.D6.3

Summary:

Students examine how components and environmental impacts of hydroelectric power systems—and the biogeochemical cycles they depend on—shape their role in sustainable energy production.

Learning Objectives:

Instruction in this lesson should result in students achieving the following objectives:

1. Identify and explain the essential components common to all hydroelectric power systems.

2.Analyzefactorsthataffectthefeasibilityofhydroelectricpowersystems,includingenvironmental,economic,andsocialconsiderations.

3.Diagramandexplainthewater,carbon,nitrogen,andphosphoruscycles,highlighting key processes within each biogeochemical cycle.

Standards:

NGSS Performance Expectations:

4-ESS3-1

CEWD ENR Content Standards (Secondary):

CE.01.01.01.a

CE.01.01.01.b

Indiana NLPS Competency Domains:

5229.D6.5

5229.D6.7

5229.D6.8