ERIC Number: ED421361
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1997-Jul
Reference Count: N/A
The Sun's Joules: What is Renewable Energy? An Introduction to "The Sun's Joules" CD-ROM and Energy Education Program.
Weiskopf, Joyce Lowry
This guide accompanies a compact disk that provides a comprehensive collection of information resources. The compact disk is organized according to energy sources and cross-referenced to issues that must be considered when making decisions about energy. This booklet, designed around questions common to high school students, illustrates how the compact disk can enable students to find answers to their questions and form opinions based on facts. The activities directly support the content and pedagogy in science curricula that address the need for more students to study science and for all students to develop scientific literacy. The six activities focus on the use of renewable resources and the effects on society. Activities are the following: "What Is Renewable Energy?"; "Why Do We Need Options?"; "What Is Energy Efficiency?"; "What Is the Environmental Cost of Energy?"; "How Can Passive Solar Be Used in Home Construction?"; "How Can Motor Vehicles Use Renewable Energy?" (DDR)
Descriptors: Alternative Energy Sources, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy, Environmental Education, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Science Activities, Science and Society, Scientific Literacy, Solar Energy
The Learning Team, 84 Business Park Drive, Armonk, NY 10504; toll-free phone: 1-800-793-8326 (booklet alone: $24.95; CD-ROM alone: $39.95; both: $59.95).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Sponsor: Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Tech., Washington, DC.; Mid-Continent Regional Educational Lab., Aurora, CO.