SAMPLE STEM Learning Module Concepts Maps, Assessments & Handouts

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1 SAMPLE STEM Learning Module Concepts Maps, Assessments & Handouts Concept Maps Air Concept Map Energy Concept Map Engage Pre-test Energy Poems Energy Detective Energy Sources Energy Dictionary Criteria & Sample Explore Energy Design Challenge Photos (also PPT) Sample Rubric Energy Design Challenges & Criteria Explain Energy Resources Advantages & Disadvantages Elaborate Food For Thought Set Up Information Food For Thought Floor Plan Ambassador Cards Evaluate Post-test Energy Hot Scavenger Hunt Energy Journal Family Hog Buster Pledge Energy Conservation Award

2 Air Concept Map

3 Energy Concept Map

4 Energy Pre-Test Name: Pre-Test Interview your neighbor. Ask them the following questions, can write down their answers. Alternate who asks the first question. Name of student interviewed: 1. What is energy and how do we use it? 2. How is energy changing forms in a windmill, geothermal power plant, hydropower plant, solar collector, biomass plant, and nuclear power plant? 3. What is the engineering design process? 4. What are the disadvantages and advantages of each energy source? 5. How do energy consumption and rapid population growth affect our planet s energy sources? 6. How can we conserve energy?

5 Energy Who am I Sample Poems I am used in cars. I am a liquid. I come from crude oil. People pump me through a hose. Cars and trucks need me to run. People use too much of me. Who am I? I am black and shiny and hard. I am burned for heat. People mine for me deep in the ground. I am very old. I come from ancient plants. Who am I? I give heat and light. I make the day warm. I help plants grow. It is dark when I am not around. Who am I? I am very wet. People use my energy through dams so I can make electricity. I am good to drink. I cool you in the summer and help you keep clean. Who am I? Gasoline is made from me. Some people use me to hear their homes. I can fix a squeaky door. Who am I?

6 Energy Detective Clues 1. Energy can make things change. 2. Heat comes from energy 3. Movement comes from energy. Evidence We know energy was here because Energy Source (sun? wind? etc.)

7 Energy Sources Wind Hydropower Ocean Biomass Geothermal Solar Coal Natural Gas Petroleum Nuclear

8 Energy Dictionary Criteria & Sample Key Science Terms: energy, potential energy, kinetic energy, energy consumption, sustainable, renewable energy, non-renewable energy, solar power, wind power, hydropower, geothermal power, ocean power, nuclear power, biomass, oil, coal, natural gas, fossil fuels, population growth, carbon dioxide emissions, pollution, energy conservation, engineering design process, global warming, greenhouse gases, electricity, and hydrogen. Criteria: The dictionary can be done by hand or on the computer. Be creative with how you present it! Each term above must: - Be Defined - Have 2 Examples/Applications/Facts minimum - Have 1 Drawing/Picture minimum Sample: AIR Air is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, gaseous mixture, mainly nitrogen (78%) and oxygen (21%) with lesser amounts of argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, neon, helium, and other gases. Air is varying amounts of moisture and particulate matter, enveloping the earth; the atmosphere. - Air supplies us with oxygen which is essential for our bodies to live. - As you move up in altitude through the atmosphere, the concentration of air molecules decreases. The air is thinner higher in the atmosphere because there is low pressure the higher you go up. - There is a special layer of air molecules high in the stratosphere layer of Earth s atmosphere, called the ozone layer. Ozone molecules help block some of the Sun s strongest rays. - Moving air (wind) is kinetic energy and it can be used to make electricity with a wind turbine and lift kite. - Warmer air rises in cooler air so by heating air you can lift a hot air balloon in the air.

9 Design Challenge Photos (See PPT) Windmill Geothermal Power Plant Geotermal power plant in Geysers, USA. Hydropower Waterwheels on the Orontes River in Hama.

10 Solar Collector Solar collectors supplying hot water in a hotel in Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu

11 Nuclear Power Plants The Bellefonte Nuclear Plant in Scottsboro, Ala., was never completed. Biomass New Biomass Plant at Longannet, Scotland

12 SAMPLE Rubric DESIGN CRITERIA EFFORT COOPERA- TION PRESENTA- TION 4 ADVANCED Met or exceeded all design criteria Extra time spent; carefully finished; lots of details; more work than expected Contributed to, and encouraged group Audience could hear and understand all speaking; audience could see and understand all visual aids 3 PROFICIENT Met most criteria Enough time spent; carefully finished; some details; as much work as expected Contributes to group or project work Audience could hear and understand most speaking; audience could see and understand most visual aids 2 PARTIALLY PROFICIENT Met some criteria Some time spent; parts not addressed or distracting; few details; some evidence of work as expected Attends to group with no contribution Speaking not consistent; visual aids shared with only part of the group 1 NOVICE Did not meet criteria Little time spent; carelessly completed; no details No group work; worked alone Audience could not hear or understand speaking; visual aids not shared 0 NO PROJECT TURNED IN No project turned in No project turned in Nothing produced; was antagonistic or detrimental to group

13 Energy Resources Advantages & Disadvantages Team Members: Energy Sources: Research each energy source given by visiting the following websites: Be prepared to share what you learned with the class. Source: Definition: Cool Facts: Advantages Disadvantages

14 Source: Definition: Cool Facts: Advantages Disadvantages

15 Food for Thought Set Up Information Region North America Latin America Africa Europe Asia (excl. China China Amount Needed 2000 Population (millions) Class Size # Students GNP # Kisses Calories # Peanuts 1=$500 1=400 # Needed Energy # Fireballs 1=2 barrels Water Cups Safe Cups Unsafe CO2 # Balloons only 9 each 9 26 only only only 7 each 21 4 only only only 6 each 24 2 only only only 8 each only only only 7 each 84 3 only only only 7 each 42 2 only only North America Latin America Africa Europe Asia excl. China China ,420 1,264.5 Natural

16 Increase % Doubling Time (yrs) Total Fertility Rate Land Area, % Total % Urban Agricultural Land, % Total GNP, $/capita Calories/ person/day Energy Cnsmt. (oil barrels/ capita) Solid Waste CO2 Emis/capita (metric tons) % pop. w/access to safe drinking water Infant Mortality Rate (1000 births) Est. Population in 2025 (millions) $28,230 $3,880 $670 $13,420 $2,910 $750 3,698 2,792 2,439 3,217 2,699 2, ,292 1,431

17 Food for Thought: Floor Diagram

18 Ambassador Cards North America: I am the North American ambassador, representing Canada and the United States, which contains 5% of the world s population and consumes approximately 40% of its natural resources. Our population growth is the highest among the industrialized regions. Africa I am the African ambassador, representing 57 countries. One out of eight people in the world live in my region. Our population growth rate is the highest in the world and women average nearly six children each. Africa has the lowest literacy rate in the world; less than 50% of women can read and write. Latin America I am the Latin American ambassador, representing the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. Nine percent of the world's population resides in our area. Our region has two of the five largest cities in the world, São Paulo and Mexico City. Europe I am the European ambassador, representing 47 countries including Russia. Europe contains 12% of the world's people and currently has the lowest birth rate of any region in world history. Ours is the only region that has a higher death rate than birth rate. Asia I am the ambassador for Asia except for the population giant China, which has its own representative. Asia is, by far, the most populous region, with over one third of the world's people. Our diverse region includes one of the world's poorest countries, Bangladesh, and one of the richest, Japan. China I am the ambassador from China, the country with the largest population in the world. One out of five people in the world is Chinese. Despite government legislation that restricts family size to one child, our population is still increasing steadily. We are one of the poorest countries in the world.

19 Energy Post-Test Name: Post-Test You can use words, drawings, charts, or graphs to help you answer the below questions. Use additional paper if necessary. 1. What is energy and how do we use it? 7. How is energy changing forms in a windmill, geothermal power plant, hydropower plant, solar collector, biomass plant, and nuclear power plant? Windmill Energy Form Changes to this Energy Form Geothermal Power Plant Hydropower Plant Solar Collector Biomass Plant

20 Nuclear Power Plant 2. What is the engineering design process? 3. What are the disadvantages and advantages of each energy source? Energy Source Advantages Disadvantages

21 4. How do energy consumption and rapid population growth affect our planet s energy sources? 5. How can we conserve energy?

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