Fuel for Thought: Building Energy Awareness in Grades 9-12 PDF
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Edited by Steve Metz Copyright © 2012 NSTA. All rights reserved. For more information, go to www.nsta.org/permissions. Copyright © 2012 NSTA. All rights reserved. For more information, go to www.nsta.org/permissions. Copyright © 2012 NSTA. All rights reserved. For more information, go to www.nsta.org/permissions. Edited by Steve Metz Arlington, Virginia Copyright © 2012 NSTA. All rights reserved. For more information, go to www.nsta.org/permissions. Claire Reinburg, Director Jennifer Horak, Managing Editor Andrew Cooke, Senior Editor Wendy Rubin, Associate Editor Agnes Bannigan, Associate Editor Amy America, Book Acquisitions Coordinator Science and Children Science Scope The Science Teacher Linda Froschauer, Editor Inez Fugate Liftig, Editor Steve Metz, Editor Valynda Mayes, Managing Editor Kenneth L. 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IntroductIon By Steve Metz xi Part 1: Student Activities and Investigations EnErgy, HEat, and tEmpEraturE cHaptEr 1 What Exactly Is Energy? 3 By William Robertson cHaptEr 2 Burning a Candle at Both Ends: Classrooms as Complex Systems 7 By Thomas O’Brien cHaptEr 3 Make Your Own Digital Thermometer! Using the 5E Instructional 15 Model to Design and Calibrate a Scientific Instrument By Timothy Sorey, Teri Willard, and Bom Kim cHaptEr 4 Evaporating Is Cool 23 By Richard Hand cHaptEr 5 Save the Penguins: Teaching the Science of Heat Transfer 27 Through Engineering Design By Christine Schnittka, Randy Bell, and Larry Richards cHaptEr 6 Warming to Global Warming: Sunspots and Sea Surface 41 Temperature By Erich Landstrom cHaptEr 7 Modeling Convection: A Simple Apparatus for 47 Dynamic Modeling of Paired Convection Cells Teaches Students About Earth’s Processes By James R. Ebert, Nancy A. Elliott, Laura Hurteau, and Amanda Schulz cHaptEr 8 Convection in a Fish Tank 53 By Chris Freeman Copyright © 2012 NSTA. All rights reserved. For more information, go to www.nsta.org/permissions. cHaptEr 9 Celebrate With SATELLITES: An International Polar Year 57 Partnership to Study Earth’s Materials By Mikell Lynne Hedley, Kevin Czajkowski, Janet Struble, Terri Benko, Brad Shellito, Scott Sheridan, and Mandy Munroe Stasiuk ELEctrIcIty, magnEtIsm, and LIgHt cHaptEr 10 Taming Energy 69 By William Robertson cHaptEr 11 The Science Behind Nanosunscreens: Learning About 81 Nanoparticulate Ingredients Used to Block the Sun’s Ultraviolet Rays By Alyssa Wise, Patricia Schank, Tina Stanford, and Geri Horsma cHaptEr 12 Juan’s Dilemma: A New Twist on the Old Lemon Battery 91 By Timothy Sorey, Vanessa Hunt, Evguenia Balandova, and Bruce Palmquist cHaptEr 13 A Virtual Circuits Lab: Building Students’ Understanding of 99 Series, Parallel, and Complex Circuits By Matthew E. Vick cHaptEr 14 Measuring Wavelength With a Ruler 107 By Paul Hewitt cHaptEr 15 Shedding Light on the Inverse-Square Law: Students 111 Demonstrate the Quantitative Relationship Between Light Intensity and Distance By Richard E. Uthe cHaptEr 16 A 50-Cent Analytical Spectroscope 119 By John Frassinelli Copyright © 2012 NSTA. All rights reserved. For more information, go to www.nsta.org/permissions. EnErgy on tHE movE—vEHIcLEs and fuELs cHaptEr 17 Fueling the Car of Tomorrow: An Alternative Fuels Curriculum 127 for High School Science Classes By Mark Schumack, Stokes Baker, Mark Benvenuto, James Graves, Arthur Haman, and Daniel Maggio cHaptEr 18 The Interdisciplinary Study of Biofuels: Understanding 139 Questions and Finding Solutions Through Biology, Chemistry, and Physics By Philip D. Weyman cHaptEr 19 A Life-Cycle Assessment of Biofuels: Tracing Energy and 151 Carbon Through a Fuel-Production System By Sara Krauskopf LIvIng connEctIons cHaptEr 20 Fall Colors, Temperature, and Day Length: Students Use 161 Internet Data to Explore the Relationship Between Seasonal Patterns and Climate By Stephen Burton, Heather Miller, and Carrie Roossinck cHaptEr 21 A Useful Laboratory Tool: Students Build and Test a 171 Thermal Gradient to Conduct Meaningful Labs By Samuel A. Johnson and Tye Tutt cHaptEr 22 Fire and Ecological Disturbance: A 5E Lesson to Address an 181 Important Misconception By Michael Dentzau and Victor Sampson cHaptEr 23 A Cooperative Classroom Investigation of Climate Change: 195 Students Investigate Environmental Changes and Their Impact on Penguin Communities By Juanita Constible, Luke Sandro, and Richard E. Lee Jr. Copyright © 2012 NSTA. All rights reserved. For more information, go to www.nsta.org/permissions. carbon, cLImatE, and tHE EnvIronmEnt cHaptEr 24 Climate Physics: Using Basic Physics Concepts to Teach 209 About Climate Change By William Space cHaptEr 25 Seeing the Carbon Cycle 217 By Pamela Drouin, David J. Welty, Daniel Repeta, Cheryl A. Engle-Belknap, Catherine Cramer, Kim Frashure, and Robert Chen cHaptEr 26 How Much Carbon Is in the Forest? A Project-Based Science 227 Investigation of Trees’ Role in Offsetting Global Warming By Leah Penniman cHaptEr 27 Thinking Like an Ecologist: Students Make Connections Between 235 Their Influence on Global Change and Current Field Research By Jenn Carlson cHaptEr 28 Teaching About Energy 247 By Amanda Beckrich aLtErnatIvE EnErgy sourcEs cHaptEr 29 Solar Radiation—Harnessing the Power: Using NASA Data to 249 Study Alternative Energy Sources By Teri Rowland, Lin Chambers, Missy Holzer, and Susan Moore cHaptEr 30 Solar Panels and Alternative Energy in the Eighth-Grade 259 Classroom By Laura Bruck Copyright © 2012 NSTA. All rights reserved. For more information, go to www.nsta.org/permissions. cHaptEr 31 Windmills Are Going Around Again 273 By Richard H. Moyer and Susan A. Everett cHaptEr 32 A First Energy Grant: Pinwheel Electrical Generation 285 By John Schaefers Part 2: Student Projects and Case Studies cHaptEr 33 Doing Science With PBS 291 By Steve Metz cHaptEr 34 Students for Sustainable Energy: Inspiring Students to Tackle 293 Energy Projects in Their School and Community By Regina Toolin and Anne Watson cHaptEr 35 The State High Biodiesel Project: Reducing Local Waste While 303 Learning About Alternative Energy By Paul L. Heasley, and William G. Van Der Sluys cHaptEr 36 The Sidewalk Project: Students Work With Their Community 313 to Invent a Heated Sidewalk Powered by an Alternative Energy Source By William Church cHaptEr 37 Asking Authentic Questions With Tangible Consequences 317 By Anne Watson cHaptEr 38 The Quiet Skies Project: Students Collect, Analyze, and Monitor 321 Data on Radio Frequency Interference By Steve Rapp Part 3: Issues in Depth fuELs cHaptEr 39 In the Hot Seat: Analyzing Your Heating Options 333 By Janna Palliser Copyright © 2012 NSTA. All rights reserved. For more information, go to www.nsta.org/permissions.
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