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DOI | 10.1016/j.renene.2019.02.047 |
Making connections: Elementary students' ideas about electricity and energy resources | |
Merritt, Eileen G.1; Bowers, Nicole1; Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E.2 | |
发表日期 | 2019 |
ISSN | 0960-1481 |
卷号 | 138页码:1078-1086 |
英文摘要 | The development of energy literacy for all citizens is critical as we face climate change and rapid depletion of existing energy resources. This study explores energy literacy development in fourth grade classrooms. Our team developed a curriculum on energy resources aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. We then trained teachers how to implement the program and support their students' engagement in a service-learning project related to energy conservation. We used qualitative methods to analyze students' open-ended responses from an energy literacy assessment. Students were familiar with solar, hydropower and wind energy, and suggested that solar energy should be used more in the future. Students were more easily able to explain energy transfer in wind turbines and solar panels than in other electricity production systems. Students learned important energy and natural resource concepts in the context of an environmental service-learning program. Discussion focuses on the importance of integrated science instruction that helps students see how their electricity use impacts the environment, and provides them with opportunities to take action. We also suggest important ways that renewable energy companies can contribute to energy and climate literacy initiatives. (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Energy & Fuels |
来源期刊 | RENEWABLE ENERGY
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/101581 |
作者单位 | 1.Arizona State Univ, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers Coll, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA; 2.Univ Virginia, Curry Sch Educ, Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Merritt, Eileen G.,Bowers, Nicole,Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E.. Making connections: Elementary students' ideas about electricity and energy resources[J],2019,138:1078-1086. |
APA | Merritt, Eileen G.,Bowers, Nicole,&Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E..(2019).Making connections: Elementary students' ideas about electricity and energy resources.RENEWABLE ENERGY,138,1078-1086. |
MLA | Merritt, Eileen G.,et al."Making connections: Elementary students' ideas about electricity and energy resources".RENEWABLE ENERGY 138(2019):1078-1086. |
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