Energy Replacement
Themes: Electricity Generation, Energy and Environment, Energy use at Home, Renewable and Clean Energy, and Transportation
Topics: Conservation, Electricity, Energy, and Forces
Grades: 11-12 and 8-10
Comparing Energy and Heat Units
How do I compare heat and energy values given in different units?
Themes: Energy and Environment, Energy use at Home, Renewable and Clean Energy, Skills and Techniques, and Transportation
Topics: Energy and Tools
Grades: 11-12
Air Transport
How much energy does it take to fly you and your luggage 10,000 km? What is the environmental cost?
Themes: Climate and Transportation
Topics: Drag, Efficiency, and Energy
Grades: 11-12
Sea-borne Transportation
Why are the sections of the fence around my garden (in Vancouver BC) made of BC cedar in Asia – i.e. the cedar was shipped twice across the Pacific? Cedar fencing is hardly a high-value product.
Themes: Energy and Environment and Transportation
Topics: Forces and sustainability
Grades: 11-12
Energy and Power
Energy and power are two related but distinct concepts. Why do the media confuse them so frequently?
Themes: Climate, Electricity Generation, Energy and Environment, Energy use at Home, Non-renewable and non-clean energy, Renewable and Clean Energy, and Transportation
Topics: Climate, Conservation, Electricity, and Energy
Grades: 11-12
Energy Cost of Transport
How much energy does it take to move a person or a tonne of freight from A to B?
Themes: Animals, Energy and Environment, Human Body, and Transportation
Topics: Electricity, Energy, and Forces
Grades: 11-12
Energy Use in Vehicles
How much energy does it take to drive from A to B?
Themes: Energy and Environment and Transportation
Topics: Efficiency and Energy
Grades: 11-12
What do I (we) do about my (our) carbon footprint?
A very frequent question asked by students after learning about climate change is “But what can I (we) do about it?”. Here are some ideas, all of which have benefits in addition to reducing greenhouse gases, and so are worth considering even if you reject the idea of anthropogenic global warming completely.
Themes: Climate, Energy and Environment, Energy use at Home, Non-renewable and non-clean energy, Renewable and Clean Energy, and Transportation
Topics: Climate, Conservation, Energy, and sustainability
Grades: 11-12 and 8-10