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Seventh Grade
ACTIVITY 1 - New Energy For Goodtown


General Description
Students will be assigned to cooperative learning groups. These groups will take on the identity of a consulting firm or a group of stockholders of a new company. The stockholders’ group will establish guidelines for choosing an energy source for its new power generation plant. The consultant groups will be given information on different energy sources for the production of electricity. They will use this information to produce a presentation to persuade the stockholders’ group that their method of power production is best.

Objective
  • Students will analyze information to determine the strengths and weaknesses of various methods for producing electricity.

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