1. #3.19 Aim: What are the pro’s and con’s of wind power? Agenda QOD (5) Lesson: wind power (15) Activity: the good, the bad, and the ugly (15) Summary (5) HW #26 QOD : What do you think Bob Dylan means when he sings “the answer my friend, is blowin’ in the wind”? Wind power

2. #3.19 Aim: What are the pro’s and con’s of wind power? Agenda QOD (5) Lesson: wind power (15) Activity: the good, the bad, and the ugly (15) Summary (5) HW #26 #3.19 Aim: What are the pro’s and con’s of wind power?

3. #3.19 Aim: What are the pro’s and con’s of wind power? Agenda QOD (5) Lesson: wind power (15) Activity: the good, the bad, and the ugly (15) Summary (5) HW #26 New renewable energy Geothermal, solar, and wind power. What % of our total energy use come from new renewables?  Sources of electricity in the United States

4. #3.19 Aim: What are the pro’s and con’s of wind power? Agenda QOD (5) Lesson: wind power (15) Activity: the good, the bad, and the ugly (15) Summary (5) HW #26 Wind power… …drives wind turbines which generate electricity. How is this another way of harnessing energy from the sun?

5. #3.19 Aim: What are the pro’s and con’s of wind power? Agenda QOD (5) Lesson: wind power (15) Activity: the good, the bad, and the ugly (15) Summary (5) HW #26 Remember from earth science…? Variation in insolation causes wind

6. #3.19 Aim: What are the pro’s and con’s of wind power? Agenda QOD (5) Lesson: wind power (15) Activity: the good, the bad, and the ugly (15) Summary (5) HW #26 Wind power is another type of energy that comes originally from the sun!

7. #3.19 Aim: What are the pro’s and con’s of wind power? Agenda QOD (5) Lesson: wind power (15) Activity: the good, the bad, and the ugly (15) Summary (5) HW #26 History of wind power Used for 800 years in the Netherlands to pump water First modern wind turbine created in Ohio in the late 1800’s

8. #3.19 Aim: What are the pro’s and con’s of wind power? Agenda QOD (5) Lesson: wind power (15) Activity: the good, the bad, and the ugly (15) Summary (5) HW #26 Wind power: the good, the bad, and the ugly 1.Read the recent article about wind power 2.Think-Pair-Share: What do you think are the pro’s and con’s of using wind power to generate electricity?

9. #3.19 Aim: What are the pro’s and con’s of wind power? Agenda QOD (5) Lesson: wind power (15) Activity: the good, the bad, and the ugly (15) Summary (5) HW #26 What are the pro’s and con’s?

10. #3.19 Aim: What are the pro’s and con’s of wind power? Agenda QOD (5) Lesson: wind power (15) Activity: the good, the bad, and the ugly (15) Summary (5) HW #26 Benefits (pro’s) 1. Emits no greenhouse gases 2. More efficient than nuclear, coal, and natural gas wind turbines create 23 times as much energy as they consume (for nuclear that ratio is 16:1, for coal  11:1, and for natural gas 5:1)

11. #3.19 Aim: What are the pro’s and con’s of wind power? Agenda QOD (5) Lesson: wind power (15) Activity: the good, the bad, and the ugly (15) Summary (5) HW #26 Benefits (pro’s) 3. Uses less water than other power plants 4. Land with wind turbines can still be used for other things (farming, etc.)

12. #3.19 Aim: What are the pro’s and con’s of wind power? Agenda QOD (5) Lesson: wind power (15) Activity: the good, the bad, and the ugly (15) Summary (5) HW #26 Drawbacks (con’s) 1. Wind power varies from time to time, and place to place (unreliable)

13. #3.19 Aim: What are the pro’s and con’s of wind power? Agenda QOD (5) Lesson: wind power (15) Activity: the good, the bad, and the ugly (15) Summary (5) HW #26 Drawbacks (con’s) 2. Some people hate to see land covered in wind turbines.

14. #3.19 Aim: What are the pro’s and con’s of wind power? Agenda QOD (5) Lesson: wind power (15) Activity: the good, the bad, and the ugly (15) Summary (5) HW #26 Is wind power renewable or non- renewable?