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Renewable Vs Nonrenewable Assignment

The document provides instructions for a group research assignment on renewable and non-renewable energy resources. Students will be split into groups to research and present on one renewable and one non-renewable resource. For each resource, they must describe its origin, how it is converted to electricity, advantages and disadvantages, its usage in Canada compared to other resources and worldwide, and their opinion on human usage of that resource. Students will fill out a table during peer presentations and include it with a completed rubric when submitting the assignment.

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Renewable Vs Nonrenewable Assignment

The document provides instructions for a group research assignment on renewable and non-renewable energy resources. Students will be split into groups to research and present on one renewable and one non-renewable resource. For each resource, they must describe its origin, how it is converted to electricity, advantages and disadvantages, its usage in Canada compared to other resources and worldwide, and their opinion on human usage of that resource. Students will fill out a table during peer presentations and include it with a completed rubric when submitting the assignment.

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Name ___________________________________

Renewable vs. Non-Renewable Energy Resources


Research Assignment
Your task is to get in groups of 3 or 4 and select and research two
Nonrenewable Renewable
energy resources each (one renewable and one non-renewable).
You and your group members must choose different resources to Oil Hydro (water) power
research.
Coal Passive Solar
You will then make a slides presentation on your resources that you
will share with your other group members. Natural gas Active Solar

The presentation should consist of a thorough description of each Nuclear Wind


resource by answering the questions below. Biomass
You must choose one resource from each category. Geothermal
Non-renewable Resource Tidal
• What is a non-renewable energy resource
• What is the original source of the energy? (Where does it come from/How is it “made” by nature?)
• How is this energy source converted into electricity? (A picture or diagram can be particularly helpful in
addressing this question)
• State at least two advantages of using this resource.
• State at least two disadvantages of using this resource.
• How can this energy source be managed so that we don’t run out of it?
• Use a graph to display the amount this resource is used in Canada to produce electricity in comparison to
other resources
• Use a graph to display how much this resource is used for electricity in Canada to how much the rest of the
world uses this resource.
• What do YOU think? Do humans use too much of this resource? Not enough? Or is our usage exactly what
you think it should be? Support your answer with details that you discovered as you researched your
resources.

Renewable Resource

• What is a renewable energy resource?


• What is the original source of the energy? (Where does it come from/How is it “made” by nature?)
• How is this energy source converted into electricity? (A picture or diagram can be particularly helpful in
addressing this question)
• State at least two advantages of using this resource.
• State at least two disadvantages of using this resource.
• Use a graph to display the amount this resource is used in Canada to produce electricity in comparison to
other resources
• Use a graph to display how much this resource is used for electricity in Canada to how much the rest of the
world uses this resource.
• What do YOU think? Do humans use too much of this resource? Not enough? Or is our usage exactly what
you think it should be? Support your answer with details that you discovered as you researched your
resources.
Name ___________________________________
Name ___________________________________

During your group members presentations, fill in the table with key information you learned about each
resource. Submit this with your rubric.

Group Member: ______________________________

Non-Renewable Renewable

Group Member: ______________________________

Non-Renewable Renewable

Group Member: ______________________________

Non-Renewable Renewable
Name ___________________________________

MARKING SCHEME Non-renewable Resource


Introduction 012
Origin 01234
Method 01234
Advantages 01234
Disadvantages 01234
Amount used in Canada graph 012
Comparison of Canada vs. World Usage graph 012
Personal Opinion 01234
Renewable Resource
Introduction 012
Origin 01234
Method 01234
Advantages 01234
Disadvantages 01234
Amount Used in Canada graph 012
Comparison of Canada vs. World Usage graph 012
Personal Opinion 01234
Slides
Organization 01234
Attached Notes
Did you learn anything 01234
TOTAL /60

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