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Alternative Energy
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To view any part of Alternative Energy, click on the links below. To view individual lesson plans, click here.

To the teacher: please note that pre- and post-test and answer keys are not provided on this website. For additional information, pre- and post-tests and answer keys, please email Juline Gurasich.

CONTENTS

Introduction
Acknowledgments
Laboratory Materials and Equipment List
Safety Symbols
Curriculum Evaluation Response Form

TEACHERS’ LESSON PLANS

UNIT 1 ENERGY

Section 1 Energy
Student lesson - Energy Diary
Student lesson - Kinetic and Potential Energy
Section 2 Energy: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Student lesson - Oil Recovery
Section 3 Energy Sources
Student lesson - Water Wheel
Student lesson - Heat it Up!
Student lesson - Windmill Competition

UNIT 2 FUELS

Section 1 Composition of Fuels
Student lesson - Chemical Models
Section 2 Fuels for Everything
Student lesson - Concept-Mapping Fuels
Student lesson - Splitting Atoms
Section 3 What Are Alternative Fuels?
Student lesson - Gas Laws in Action - Propane
Student lesson - Concept-Mapping Alternative Fuels
Section 4 Across the Curriculum with Alternative Fuels
Student lesson - Creating an Advertisement
Student lesson - Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
Student lesson - Conversions That Make Cents
Student lesson - Tour de Texas

UNIT 3 TECHNOLOGY

Section 1 Power Systems and Efficiency
Student lesson - Nuts! Calculating Thermal Efficiency
Section 2 Start Your Engines
Student lesson - Crank it Up!
Section 3 Fueling the Future
Student lesson - Electrolysis

UNIT 4 ENVIRONMENT

Section 1 Ozone Alert!
Student lesson - Ozone Snaps!
Student lesson - Blowing in the Wind
Section 2 Smogasbord
Student lesson - Is Dilution the Solution?
Section 3 Global Climate Change
Student lesson - Natural Selection
Student lesson - The Greenhouse Effect
Section 4 Across the Curriculum with Air Pollution
Student lesson - Pollution Prevention Is Disease Prevention

APPENDICES

Fuels Facts
AFV Comparisons
Alternative Fuels and Their Characteristics
Facts on Alternative Fuels
Energy Conversions

Glossary A-H
Glossary I-Z

Transparencies Unit 1
Transparencies Unit 2
Transparencies Unit 3
Transparencies Unit 4

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