9th-12th Grade
Electricity and Climate Change Program
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Available to schools located in Sonoma and Mendocino counties.
This program includes a one-hour in-class lesson and a field trip to Sonoma Clean Power's Customer Center in downtown Santa Rosa.
Essential Question of the Program:
Where does our electricity come from, how is it connected to climate change, and what actions can we take to reduce emissions in Sonoma County?
Classroom Lesson Summary:
In this hands-on, one-hour presentation, Sonoma Water educators introduce students to the topic of our electrical energy system and how it's connected to climate change.
Objectives
- Students will learn about our electrical energy system and climate change.
- Students will complete a lab measuring the energy efficiency of a LED light bulb versus an incandescent light bulb.
- Students will be introduced to climate solutions that are being implemented by Sonoma Water and Sonoma Clean Power.
- Students will learn about renewable energy and the benefits of electrification.
- Students will explore different ways to take climate action.
Field Trip Summary:
In this hands-on, 75-minute field trip to Sonoma Clean Power's Customer Center in downtown Santa Rosa, students will participate in a climate action challenge and work in teams to solve a series of puzzles to unlock critical solutions to reducing emissions in Sonoma County.
Objectives
- Students will work together in small teams to solve fun puzzles while learning about climate change solutions.
- Students will learn about climate change impacts in the North Bay.
- Students will be introduced to climate solutions that are being implemented by Sonoma Water and Sonoma Clean Power.
- Students will learn about renewable energy and the benefits of electrification.
- Students will explore different ways to take climate action.
Resources:
Our Climate Our Future (40:00) - Background information about what climate change is and how to take action.
A Message From the Future With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (7:35) - A vision of the future with bold climate action.
Next Generation Science Standards:
This lesson is designed to support NGSS curriculum. Students will use the scientific practices of asking questions, making observations, using models, and interpreting data to engage with real-world phenomena, designed to increase their understanding of climate change in our community and empower them to design their own solutions.
Water and Energy Education programs are FREE thanks to funding from these partners:
