Energy Lesson 3 : Generating Michigan's Electricity (view)
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- Overview
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- Learning goals:
- explain five ways that electricity can be generated, compare the mix of energy resources used to generate electricity in Michigan, the United States, and the world
- Keywords:
- MEECS, Environmental, Environment
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Summary
Students build a model turbine to observe how different energy resources can be used to turn a turbine, inquire how the interaction between a wire and a magnet generates electricity, and investigate the different mix of energy resources used to generate electricity in Michigan, the United States, and the world.