grade+6+Energy+Projects

Grade 6 Energy Projects // The task Now that you have become familiar with electricity and it’s types, you are now to explore how it is generated and transmitted (moved). You have heard words like global warming, emissions and pollution, but how do they connect to the generation of electricity. Traditionally, electricity has been made by non-renewable resources such as oil, natural gas, coal and nuclear. However, newer methods are being used from renewable methods such as geothermal, hydroelectric, solar and wind.

You are to create a visual project that compares and contrasts 1 traditional method vs. a newer method (the choice is yours). Your visual project could be a poster, on object with information on it (i.e. an oil can (s), an old tire, a pile of coal (or symbolic coal), a wind mill, an atom, a recycling box, etc). The idea is that you present your project on something that represents energy. However, it must be something tangible (something you can hold, not a computer file).

You are to investigate the following areas: 1. Define the following terms: a. Fossil fuel b. Nonrenewable energy c. Renewable energy d. Sustainability

2. A diagram and explanation of how electricity travels from where it is generated to people’s houses 3. Diagrams and explanations of how your nonrenewable source makes electricity 4. Diagrams and explanations of how your renewable source makes electricity// 5. Advantages and disadvantages of both sources.

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