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Lesson 1

  • Do You Know? (Pretest)

  • Lesson Plan

  • Topic: Global Warming, Energy Transfer




  • Background Sheet 1 & Processing Ideas 1

  • Sun-Earth Energy

  • Study questions supporting Background Sheet 1 topics

  • Assignment 1: Follow the Energy Concept Map

  • Students will need: 1 – 8.5” x 11” paper per student – mini-concept map,1- 17” × 22”paper per student – concept map assignment

  • Lesson Introduction: A simplified animation of the greenhouse effect, energy transfer

  • Intro to the Electromagnetic Spectrum; Examples of various wavelengths. (5:19 minutes).

Lesson 2

  • Topic: Global Warming, Energy Transfer


  • Lesson Plan

  • Background Sheet 2 & Processing Ideas 2


  • Energy Transfer Between Earth and the Atmosphere

  • Background Sheet 3 & Processing Ideas 3

  • Earth Energy Budget

  • Background Sheet 4 & Processing Ideas 4

  • Albedo Effect

  • Background Sheet 5 & Processing Ideas 5

  • Global Warming Potentials

  • Making a Concept Map (Day 2 Lesson Resources)

  • Wave terminology and motion (3:38)

  • Excellent discussion of dipole interactions & Van der Waals interaction (10:53)

  • Excellent! Real World:– Energy In and Energy Out. (2:56)

  • Excellent presentation of Earth’s energy balance (6:59)  

  • Variables & processes in NASA’s calculation of Earth’s heat budget. Includes Albedo Effect. (3:25)

  • Very Important! Explanation of Albedo Effect, polar ice caps & global warming, feedback loops (4:48)

  • Slides informing about characteristics of greenhouse gases and their Global Warming Potential (GWP).

Lesson 3

  • Topic: Global Warming, Energy Transfer


  • Lesson Plan

  • Background Sheet 6 & Processing Ideas 6


  • Feedback loops

  • Background Sheet 7 & Processing Ideas 7

  • Water, Carbon,  and Methane Cycles, Sinks & Energy Transfer

  • TED ED: Feedback loops: How nature gets its rhythms - Anje-Margriet Neutel (5:10 minutes)

  • Excellent insight into science research in arctic permafrost and the global warming crisis in the arctic. (4:33 minutes)

Lesson 4

  • Topic: Electric Vehicles


  • Lesson Plan

  • Background Sheet 8 & Processing Ideas 8


  • AC/DC Current

  • Assignment 2 (optional): Timeline

  • Construct a Timeline: History of EVs and Gasoline-Powered Vehicles

  • Difference between AC and DC Current Explained (4:22)

  • Excellent, but long (33:06) – of interest especially for CTE

  • Extend the discussion about electric currents to motors. (4:11)

  • Regenerative Braking converts EV’s kinetic energy into chemical energy stored in the rechargeable battery

  • Regenerative Brake System Two key selling points of electric vehicles: more energy-efficient & less maintenance

Lesson 5

  • Topic: Renewable Lithium-Ion Batteries


  • Lesson Plan

  • Background Sheet 9 & Processing Ideas 9


  • The Lithium-Ion Battery

  • ANIMATION: U. S. Energy animation of a lithium-ion battery

  • Excellent! How a lithium-ion battery works?  Why are they rechargeable? (9:29)

  • Compares induction motors to internal combustion motors (10:37)

  • Redwood Materials, located in Nevada, is a new plant set up to recycle, refine, and remanufacture lithium-ion battery materials, closing the recycling loop. 

  • Plant built to recycle 95% of cobalt, nickel, and lithium from old batteries. Zero wastewater & zero emissions process used.

  • Retrieving lithium from geothermal energy sources (15:58)  

  • Describes sourcing of lithium from geothermal brines, more environmentally friendly than mining.

  • Thoughtful discussion of diverse lithium topics. Description of lithium sources and availability. Many important ideas discussed (17.22)

  • Five new battery technologies that could change everything (10:53)

Lesson 6

  • Topic: Charging Stations

  • Shopping Guide – SB pg. 12

  • Lesson Plan

  • Assignment 3: How Do Shoppers Make Decisions


  • Data-based decisions vs social-based decisions

Lesson 7

  • Topic: Comparing EVs

  • Setting up EV Shopping Spreadsheet pgs.

  • Lesson Plan


Lesson 8

  • Topic: Present & Future Energy Infrastructure


  • Lesson Plan

  • Assignment 4: EV Home Survey


  • Gathering survey data about EVs and green energy

  • Classroom Poster

  • Compare 2020 Electricity Generation: U.S., CA, LADWP

  • Look up LADWP  specific energy sources, incentives, etc.  

  • Explore LADWP  focus on supporting EVs  

Lesson 9

  • Topic: Solar, Wind, Green Jobs


  • Lesson Plan

  • Assignment 4: Community Challenge Project


  • Student designed research and/community service project

  • What Did You Learn (Post Test)


  • Generation180- national movement of schools advancing transition to clean energy

  • NextEra Energy- jobs in Clean Energy across America

  • Solar International - growing clean energy workforce by 2050

  • College majors and career searches

  • CA Job opportunities in LADWP