Chemistry in the Earth System · Week 10 · Heat and Energy in the Earth System
Energy Budgets
Calculating Earth's energy budget and balancing a personal energy budget of sleep, school, and work.
- Students will
- Students use simple math to show that Earth's incoming and outgoing energy balance, and compare it with a personal energy budget of sleep, school, and work.
- SEL skill
- Balance a personal energy budget with the same clarity as earth's energy budget
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-management by organizing their own time and energy into a balanced budget.
- Content focus
- Earth's energy budget
- Format
- Small group problem-solving
Responsible decision-making
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What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-ESS2-4: High School Earth and Space Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP5 Using mathematics and computational thinking
- Crosscutting concept: CCC5 Energy and matter
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle III: Natural systems change in ways people benefit from and can influence
- Literacy in science: RST.9-10.3 Follow a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments or taking measurements.
- Traditional course: Chemistry
Fits these textbook chapters
- Modern Chemistry, Chapter 2: Measurements and Calculations
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Chemistry in the Earth System, Unit 2: Heat and Energy in the Earth System
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