Description

Each student team will learn how a battery works and alternative energy sources using the following topics and "Documents" section.

You will investigate the battery basics.
You will understand the development of batteries has been evolutionary, the result of a series of refinement of the original invention.
You will explore the use of solar cells to power the safety light system.
You will identify environmental/societal costs associated with various power sources.

TOPIC 1. What Is Energy?

Energy Basics
Changing Energy
Energy Conversion Efficiency

TOPIC 2. Renewable Energe Sources

What Is Renewable Energy?
Solar Energy
Photovolatic Energy

TOPIC 3. Environmental/Societal Costs of Energy

The Cost of Primary Battery Power
Life Cycle Assessment
The Cost of Rechargeable Battery Power

Activity #1 Making a Battery from a Lemon


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