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How does energy affect wildlife?

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

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Grades
10, 
11, 
12, 
and 9.
Time Required
1 class period
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Next Generation Science Standards

Disciplinary Core Ideas

  • ESS2.A Earth materials and systems
  • ESS2.C The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
  • ETS1.A Defining and Delimiting an Engineering Problem

    • Cross-Cutting Concepts

  • Stability and Change

    • 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

    Materials

    – Student reading passages and student worksheets

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