Students will become acquainted with the impacts of electricity generation on wildlife. Students will research one or two generation technologies in groups and record its impacts on wildlife in a worksheet. They will then rank each technology based on its risks and impacts to wildlife.
The Details
Materials
- Student reading passages and student worksheets
Next Generation Science Standards
Cross-Cutting Concepts
- Stability & Change
Disciplinary Core Ideas
- HS-ESS2.A | Earth Materials and Systems
- HS-ESS2.C | The Roles of Water in Earth's Surface Processes
- HS-ETS1.A | Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems
- HS-ETS1.B | Developing Possible Solutions
- MS-ETS1.A | Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems
- MS-ETS1.B | Developing Possible Solutions
Learning Objectives
- Understand the different wildlife effects and risks from electricity generated by coal, nuclear, hydro, and wind
- Complete a thorough life cycle analysis of each of the fuels to understand how the different phases are related to the different wildlife effects