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UTEP/EPISD Border Air Quality Education www.BAQed.utep.edu Grade 5 – Alternative Energies Roxanne Ramos, Theresa Turner, Blanche Herrera, Amy Canales

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UTEP/EPISD Border Air Quality Educationwww.BAQed.utep.edu

Grade 5 – Alternative Energies

Roxanne Ramos, Theresa Turner, Blanche Herrera, Amy Canales

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Objectives

TEKS Timeline

5.7(C) identify alternative energy resources such as wind, solar, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biofuels;

• Wind – 2-3 class periods• Solar – 1 class period• Biofuel – 1 class period• Action Plan – 1 class period

• Introduce activities that allow students to experience generating electricity from alternative energy sources

• Develop a plan of action to reduce energy use at school in order to improve our border air quality

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Activity 1The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by

William Kamkwamba and Bryan MealerMoving Windmills (6:07)

http://youtu.be/arD374MFk4w

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Activity 2How Electricity is

Made• Electricity is the flow of

electrons• Michael Faraday• Magnet moving in a coil of

wire causes electrons to line up and generate an electrical current

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Activity 2 – How Electricity is Made

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Activity 3

Energy from the WindHow to assemble wind lift video:

http://teachergeek.com/products/teachergeek-wind-lift

Printed instruction guide:http://www.teachergeek.org/wind_lift.pdf

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How many marbles can the wind lift pick up?

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The winner: 20 marbles in 5.5 sec at fan speed 1

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Use wind to generate electricity

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Use wind to generate electricity

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Use wind to generate electricity

Only generated about 5 milliamps.

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Add gears to increase rotations

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Add gears to increase rotations

15-20 milliamps of electricity generated

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Activity 4Solar Cells Capture the Sun's Energy

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10 minutes to find the best angle for the solar cell and the best 2 meter path to travel.

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Solar cars raced against each other

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How much electricity can the solar panel generate at different angles?

12:35 pm facing south

Angle Milliamps0 520 740 360 0Kids Do Science -- Solar Car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXcPFuAhvkk

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Activity 5The Basics of Biofuels: Corn Power•Corn is a natural resource that is

renewable•Uses of corn

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Ethanol from Corn video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsROhOMIYdU

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Biomass Pollution Demonstration•Peanut Power (because of allergies, we don’t use peanuts, we use corn

chips.

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/peanut.html

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Biomass Pollution DemonstrationCorn Chip

• Solid• Fast burn• Lots of smoke• Burnt remains

Corn Oil

• Liquid• Slower burn• Smoke• No residue

(except wick)

Ethanol

• Liquid• Long burn• No smoke• No residue

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Activity 6Reducing Energy Use at Our School•Learning about energy use by the district

and by campus•Making energy reduction posters•Sending energy announcements across

the school’s PA system

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•Check your district’s facilities website. Most districts have the energy consumption charted by school.

•For EPISD, see the next slides

How to find energy usage reports by campus

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Click here to get to the Energy Management page

Log on to my episd main page

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District Energy Home Page

Select the “Energy Mgmt.” tab

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Click on “Energy Management Reports” to see the energy reports

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Most recent month

Last 4 years

Individual years (including current year)

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February 2014 Energy Use

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August 2013 Energy Use

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Electricity Usage Over Four Years

Electricity Usage Over Four Years

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Electricity Usage Over Four Years

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Energy Saving PostersStudents brainstorm ideas before using

poster board

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Student Samples