This is a lesson plan following the ISE pedagogical principles.You can use it as inspiration for how to implement the topic renewable energies in your daily teaching.
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With this Demonstrator students are learning in a learning environment about renewable energies. The learning environment consists of two parts: an analog free-work learning cycle (preparation) and the Demonstrator itself, which means working with an online simulation about the turnaround from fossil to renewable energy.
Content of the preparatory learning cycle:
- The learners need to know why investigation in renewable energies is needed. So they have to learn about the problems that emerge from the use of fossil fuels. That’s on one side the climate change caused by burning fossil raw materials and on the other the limitedness of exploitable fossil resources.
- Students need options for action. So we show them how they can save energy and also use energy more effective. For this purpose the concept of energy has to be clarified and examples of daily life have to be shown. With the help of the provided material and information, learners are able to find out e.g. which activity needs most energy in their life and how to use energy effectively.
- To become responsible citizens, students have to know about the different possibilities to produce renewable energy, related opportunities and risks.
Content of Demonstrator:
- The used simulation can also be seen as a serious game. It´s a landscape in the year 2013 where people are using mainly fossil and nuclear energy. Aim of the game is to substitute all fossil and atomic power plants with renewable energies until year 2022. Additional challenges are to ensure a continuous power supply, the satisfaction of the citizens and public finances. Learners have to invest in buildings of sustainable power plants, citizens’ information and research in new technologies, power saving campaigns etc. The success is measured by social, ecological and economical factors.
Students work with the simulation in two phases: At first they have to orientate themselves and get to know the software. This is followed by the second step when they try to meet the challenges of the simulation.
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