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Instructor: Mark Fennell
Energy Merit Badge 3/25/17 Instructor: Mark Fennell 274 Pamela Circle Harleysville, PA 19438
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Requirement 1a Find an article on the use or conservation of energy.
Discuss with your counselor what in the article was interesting to you, the questions it raises, and what ideas it addresses that you do not understand.
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Requirement 2a Explain how THREE of the following devices use energy, and explain their energy conversions: Cell phone Nuclear reactor Sweat lodge. Toaster Greenhouse Lightbulb Bow drill
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Toaster
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Greenhouse
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Greenhouse
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Bow Drill
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Nuclear Reactor
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Sweat Lodge
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Requirement 3 Show you understand energy efficiency by explaining to your counselor a common situation where energy moves through a system to produce a useful result.
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Requirement 3
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Combined Heat & Power (CHP) System Energy Movement
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Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Messiah College
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Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Messiah College
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Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Messiah College
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Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Messiah College
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Requirement 4a Conduct and energy audit of your home.
Keep a 14-day log that records what you and your family did to reduce energy use. 4a) Include and discuss: List the types of energy used in your home such as electricity, wood, oil, liquid petroleum and natural gas, and tell how each is delivered and measured and the current cost; OR Record the transportation fuel used, miles driven, miles per gallon, and trips using your family car or another vehicle
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Requirement 4b Describe ways you and your family can use energy resources more wisely. In preparing your discussion, consider the energy required for things you do and use on a daily basis (cooking, showering, using lights, driving, watching TV, using the computer). Explain what is meant by sustainable energy sources. Explain how you can change your energy use through reuse and recycling.
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Day 2 Plan Recap: 1a, 2a, 3, 4a & 4b #5) Examples of Waste
#6) Energy Pie Charts #7) Alternate Energy Systems #8) Careers #2b) Demonstrate Hair Dryer, Solar & Mag Glass #1b) What have you learned? Collect Papers & Sign Blue Cards
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