Renewable Energy: Clean Tech Solutions

Provided by: LabXchange |Published on: April 27, 2021

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Synopsis

This video from LabXchange describes the many types of renewable energy available today and ways of storing renewable energy.
Students will learn about concentrated solar, photovoltaics, wind power, hydroelectric power, geothermal energy, and kinetic energy.

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Subjects: Chemistry, Physics

Authors: LabXchange

Region: North America, United States, Global

Languages: English

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Positives

This video provides some renewable energy sources and storage mechanisms that students may not have heard of before.
Kinetic energy tiles or generators are solutions that students may not have heard of before.

Prerequisites

Students should be familiar with the terms renewable energy and nonrenewable energy.

Differentiation & Implementation

Cross-curricular connections can be made with social studies and economics classes when discussing the social benefits of reducing pollution from fossil fuel electricity and the use of tax funds for infrastructure projects.
Science and engineering classes can use this video to open a lesson about renewable energy and technological solutions that reduce fossil fuel use and reduce energy waste.
Other resources related to this topic include: Energizing the Future, Renewable Energy 101, and Transition to Renewable Energy Now.

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LabXchange

Harvard University’s LabXchange is a free online platform for science education, created with support from the Amgen Foundation. It makes learning science online flexible and fun, with interactives, lab simulations, and more.

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Renewable Energy: Clean Tech Solutions

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