Can a River Provide Heat for a City?

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Curiosity trigger

Students observe how objects can be lifted upwards with the help of water, how to build a water elevator, test out a model water wheel made from a bottle and learn how a hydroelectric power station works.

Curriculum and Skills

Work and Life Skills:

Critical thinking and drawing conclusion
Environmental awareness
Creative problem-solving

In this lesson, you will cover:

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS:
4-PS3-4. Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
4-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment. [

You will need

Models of a water wheel made earlier from bottles, coat hangers, paper cups, string and water.

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Authors

Author: Maciej Jasiński
Methodology: Urszula Wojtowicz
Translation: Jason Lowther
Producer: Marta Przywara

Source

This is a modified version of a lesson plan created by the Children’s University Foundation under the CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.

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