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Description
The energy consumption assessment offers students an opportunity to get the whole picture on their school’s energy use. The procedure has 4 steps:
Step 1: Collect electricity consumption data. Students will reach out to various sources within the school community and record electricity consumption data in the School Energy Consumption Assessment Worksheet provided.
Step 2: Collect data and information on other energy consumed by your school. Students will investigate what other forms of energy are used in their school and brainstorm how various factors may impact energy consumption.
Step 3: Analyze your data. Students will gather with their team to analyze their data. Discussion questions are provided to help students.
Step 4: Identify target items and outline strategies. Students will use the EcoSchools Energy Conservation Action Plan provided to help translate the valuable information they have gathered into practical energy conservation strategies for their school.
General Assessment
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Conducting a school energy consumption assessment can be highly educational and impactful. This approach would allow science classes to use real data collected by the students to teach about energy, its sources, and environmental impacts.
Relevant Curriculum Units
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- Alberta
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- Grade 9
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- Environmental Science
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- Environment and Outdoor Education: Environmental Investigations
- Science
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- Electrical Principles and Technologies
- Knowledge and Employability Science: Electrical Principles and Technologies (Science and Technology Emphasis)
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- Grade 12
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- Environmental Science
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- Environmental Science 12: Living sustainably supports the well-being of self, community, and Earth.
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- New Brunswick
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- Grade 12
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- Introduction to Environmental Science 120: Investigating Environmental Issues
- Newfoundland & Labrador
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- Grade 9
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- Electricity
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- Environmental Science
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- Environmental Science 3205: Introduction to Environmental Science
- Nova Scotia
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- Grade 9
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- Science
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- Science 9: Characteristics of Electricity
- Grade 12
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- Environmental Science
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- AP Environmental Science: Energy Consumption and Resources
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- Ontario
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- Grade 9
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- Science
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- Physics Principles and Applications of Electricity
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- Environmental Science (Univ/College Prep.) Conservation of Energy
- Environmental Science (Workplace Prep.) Energy Conservation
- Prince Edward Island
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- Grade 12
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- Environmental Science 621A: Natural Resources
- Saskatchewan
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- Grade 12
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- Environmental Science
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- Environmental Science 12: Living sustainably supports the well-being of self, community, and Earth.
Themes Addressed
Energy (1)
- Energy Use
