Energy Resource - Lesson 1 : Energy Use in Michigan - Then and Now

Lesson Overview

Students learn how energy consumption has changed over the past 100 years, why it has changed, and the impact it has had. Students brainstorm and categorize uses of energy, take part in an optional consumption simulation, interpret graphs about energy use, take surveys, and engage in small group and classroom discussions about energy comparisons.

Students answer these essential questions: How do we use energy in Michigan? How and why has our energy consumption changed? How does Michigan’s energy use compare to the energy use of the United States?

Objectives

Students will be able to:

1. Identify how people in Michigan use energy.

2. Compare Michigan’s energy consumption to that of the United States as a whole.

3. Describe how and why energy consumption has changed in Michigan over the past 100 years.