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the
energy efficient house
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Overview:
Students design an energy efficient house. Students carry out practical
investigations and research to enable them to do a Poster Presentation
or build a Model of an Energy Efficient House. They provide oral reports
in groups about their design, and they write an individual report of 250
words describing their investigations, and the energy efficient aspects
of their design. |
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Author(s): Mike Roach |
Band: Middle Years Strand: Energy Systems |
Duration: Approximately 5 weeks Published: September 2002 |
Financial assistance for the development of this resource was provided by The National Quality Teacher Program |
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Context:
Year 9 classes.
Many resources are available via internet. Practical activities are required
as students should have understandings of conduction, convection, and
radiation as heat transfer processes. These can be found in any text. |
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Idea: Students collect data about, and critique, their own patterns
of energy use in terms of environmental impact. |
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Elements
of the SACSA Framework
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Essential
Learnings
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Key
Competencies
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Outcome
(SACSA Standards)
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Interdependance |
1. Collecting, analysing and organising information 3: Planning and organising 4: Team work
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Students investigate
ways of obtaining, transferring and using energy in the design of a house.
They estimate savings in costs of providing energy to the energy efficient
house, and collect information on the costs and environmental effects
of using different forms of energy for the energy efficient house. They
can explain orientation and shape of house to provide optimum conditions
for energy efficiency. |
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©
South Australian Science Teachers Association Inc. 2002
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