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Wind, Solar, and Climate Change from MIT's TILclimate

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MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative (ESI)

Subject English Language Arts • Science • Social Studies

Grade Level Grades 9-12, Higher Education

Resource Type Activity, Handout, Worksheet

Standards Alignment

State-specific

License

Attribution Non-commercial ShareAlike

CC (BY-NC-SA)

About This Lesson

Description

Wind and solar power are key tools in the climate change toolkit – but what are their strengths and weaknesses? Can they provide us with all the clean electricity we need? Students investigate wind and solar resources and electricity needs. Then, they research the growing field of energy storage and share their results with a key audience.

SWBAT

Explain why wind and solar power are important parts of a low-carbon future.
Explain why energy storage is needed to harness the potential of wind and solar.

Skills

Map reading and spatial analysis
Research methods

Science Experiments At Home

Earth Day Activities

Resources

Files

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TILclimate wind and solar educator guide FULL.pdf

Activity

October 21, 2021

15.7 MB

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How to Use TILclimate Educator Guides.pdf

Handout, Worksheet

October 21, 2021

314.92 KB

External resources

TILclimate Educator Guides

Website

Standards

HS-ESS3-1

Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.

HS-ESS3-2

Evaluate competing design solutions for developing, managing, and utilizing energy and mineral resources based on cost-benefit ratios.

HS-ESS3-4

Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems.

HS-ETS1-3

Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics, as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.

RST.11-12.2

Determine the central ideas, themes, or conclusions of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms.

RST.11-12.9

Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting information when possible.

SCI.ESS2.A.h

Feedback effects exist within and among Earth’s systems.

SCI.ESS3.C.h

Sustainability of human societies and the biodiversity that supports them requires responsible management of natural resources, including the development of technologies.

9-12.ETS1.B.1

Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.