TITLE: Water and Energy Use in the Home/Workplace
7, 8	2-3 weeks
Students will complete audits of home, school, community and report on how these can affect our lifestyles.

Language, Mathematics, Science and Technology

**** electricity, watt, bulb, conservation, resources, caulking, weatherstripping, infiltration ****

1. Construct a lightbulb (Nelson Text, Grade 9, page 209)
2. Calculate the cost of running electrical devices, (Explorations GREEN: Energy, pages 33-35)
3. Construct a graph of consumption patterns for the home/school, analyse and interpret.
4. Perform an energy/water use audit of the school or a household, develop an action plan. (Destination Conservation Manual or Explorations GREEN: Water, pages 21-24.)
5. Design and construct energy/water use posters or switch plate covers.
6. Design/construct a well insulated "home" and test it or predict the difference between it and that of a poorly designed, energy inefficient "home". (Explorations GREEN: Energy, pages 27-28.)
7. Design/construct a water filtration system or sewage and evaluate its design and performance. (Explorations GREEN, page 17.) Students may use a Simple Waste Water Treatment Guide. Students should conduct their research at the following web sites:
   • Hydrologic Cycle, http://atlenv.bed.ns.doe.ca/udo/wat1.jpg
   • Water Treatment Path, http://www.epa.gov/kids/html/watertreatment.htm
   • How a Conventional Treatment Plant Works , http://www.indirect.com/www/bver/ovrvue1.htm
   • Water Works!, http://www.ns.doe.ca/udo/fresh.html
   • A Guide to Wastewater Treatment, http://www.gvrd.bc.ca/sewers/bro/wwguide.html

• Explorations GREEN Manual (Environment Network)
• Texts, Nelson Science 9 (lightbulb)
• Local utilities for raw data or consumption patterns
• School consumption records and costs available from Plant Services of school board
• Destination Conservation Manual (Tescor)
• Ontario Hydro for alternative energy and conservation strategies

Video resources from SCBE Video Library:

• VL0901 - Problems of Conservation: Water - 16 minutes
• VL0976 - S.P.L.A.S.H. - 12 minutes
• VL0933 - "Sewage Treatment" - 22 minutes
• VL0857 - Water Alive! - 40 minutes

Internet

WWW resources may be used for a variety of purposes:

1. teacher background information;
2. downloading text, images, sounds and animations for creating student materials;
3. printed as "hard copy" student resources;
4. older students can be taught to find/block/copy/paste text and download images/sounds/animations for research/presentation purposes;
5. students may test hypotheses and discover concepts in an interactive environment;
6. younger students will need to work with an older student, parent helper, teacher-librarian or resource teacher;
7. all students should be instructed in safe and responsible use of the Internet.

• Energy Quest, (student resource)
• E Patrol,(student resource)
• Explorers' Club, (student resource)
• From The Mountains To The Sea...A Journey in Environmental Citizenship, (student/teacher resource)
• The Green Lane, Environment Canada, (teacher resource)
• Destination Conservation, (teacher resource)
• A World in Motion, (teacher resource)
• GSN's Internet Project Registry, (teacher resource)

• Oral presentations
• Written reports
• Production of a piece of art
• Development of a portfolio

Level 1

• Requires assistance to manage time constructively and organize materials.
• Works in a group and independently when monitored.
• Demonstrations include some of the required information.
• Able to complete, with assistance, a basic audit of home and school (audits of waste, energy, water).

Level 2

• Requires occassional assistance to complete activities, including the organization and putting away of materials.
• Is developing the ability to work in a group and independently.
• Demonstrations reflect content and include some of the required information.
• Able to complete basic audits of home, school and community (audits of waste, energy, water).

Level 3

• Uses time constructively to complete activities including the organization and putting away of materials.
• Works co-operatively in a group and independently as required.
• Demonstrations reflect content in a clear manner and include all required information.
• Able to complete, with assistance, a basic audit of home and school (audits of waste, energy, water).

Level 4

• Manages time constructively to complete activities including the organization and putting away of materials.
• Works co-operatively in dividing tasks among group, assumes leadership role and also works independently as required.
• Demonstrations reflect content using detailed information and extends to applications of everyday living.
• Able to complete several detailed audits of home, school, community and report on how these can affect our lifestyles (audits of waste, energy, water).

• Group conferencing with teacher
• Individual conferencing with teacher
• Student presentations to large group (as an individual or in small groups)
• Written summaries of activities and results of experiments/audits
• Portfolio of unit
• Posters, dramas, video production

Lois Beiers, Greg Brucker, Paul Hanna, Tescor

This lessonware was prepared for ©ScbePack by Destination Conservation and The Simcoe County District School Board. For further information on the 200 outcomes based curriculum units available in ScbePack lessonware contact:

Bonnie Carter
bcarter@edctr.scbe.on.ca, 1-705-734-6363 ext. 270