Energy, the Environment, and Justice

Provided by: Stanford Understand Energy |Published on: August 15, 2024

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Synopsis

This resource features a fast facts downloadable PDF, infographics, and background information to complement a video lecture about the disproportionate impact of energy use on the health of marginalized communities.
The resource helps students build a strong background knowledge of environmental justice concerns before they watch the lecture.

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Subjects: Physics, Civics, Geography, Engineering

Authors: Stanford Understand Energy

Region: United States

Languages: English

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Teaching Materials

Positives

Compared to other lectures, the featured video lecture is short and can fit into one class period.
The presenter does an excellent job of addressing a few misconceptions about some clean energy practices.

Prerequisites

Students should know how to read and interpret graphs.
Students should have an understanding of eras and epochs.

Differentiation & Implementation

To ensure students only watch from the suggested timestamp on the second Essential video, teachers can put this video on a Google Slides presentation and use the feature that allows them to start from a certain point in the video.
Teachers can assign the lecture as homework and discuss the content in a Socratic circle.
History teachers can follow this lecture with a more in-depth look at redlining and how it has shaped the neighborhoods of today.
Health teachers can cover the health impacts of particulate matter and other pollution.
To practice persuasive writing, students can write to convince others to support clean energy like wind and solar, using this lecture to counter arguments about land use and bird endangerment.

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Stanford Understand Energy

Stanford University’s Understand Energy Learning Hub provides free access to Stanford course content on energy resources from fossil fuels like oil and coal to renewable resources like the wind, the sun, and efficiency; energy currencies like electricity and hydrogen; and energy services such as transportation and buildings. Explore the Hub and build your energy literacy to address climate change and sustainability issues, engage on equity and human development challenges, participate in energy industry markets and technology innovations, and make informed energy decisions.

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