The energy crisis has heightened our concern about the economic development. Perturbation in our supply and increasing prices of fossil fuels had created an greatest problem.
It demands that the science teacher can serve as dispenser of information a...
The energy crisis has heightened our concern about the economic development. Perturbation in our supply and increasing prices of fossil fuels had created an greatest problem.
It demands that the science teacher can serve as dispenser of information and techniques concerned with human life and energy.
This article illustrates contents of the written teaching material concerned with the education, which is prepared for the senior high school students, to introduce comprehensive framework of energy conservation.
The contents of the material consist of the following three items.
1. What are the preblems in energy consumption and supply?
2. How can we develop the new energy sources?
3. How can we save the energy consumption?
Each item illustrated the statistical data, graphs, leading questions and problems for computing. The material also illustrates the laboratories concerned with saving electric power, utilizing the sun light, controling house heating and cooling system.
Application of the material was carried out in two class of eleventh grade students, for on month period after class room. Since the period was too short the students had some difficulties to understand the principles of new energy production. They also showed a little difficulty in handling the exprimental equipment and analizing data. They were, however, much interested in the activities of the material.