Renewable water energy
Introduction
These days a lot is spoken about sustainability, climate change, renewable energy. Hydropower plants and nuclear power plants are not unquestionably accepted, though. The aim of this scenario is to make students think about the ups and downs of hydropower and nuclear power plants, and to think about the possible ways of reducing their own energy consumption.
Objectives
• to gain information about modern energy production
• to evaluate modern energy production from an environmentalist
viewpoint
• to think about possible reduction of energy use
Learning outcomes
By the end of this learning scenario, students will be able to:
• see the positive and negative sides of water and nuclear power
plants
• to understand the role of water in power plants
• to estimate their own possibilities to reduce energy consumption