Using electrical energy wisely

Weighing the impacts of generating electrical energy in Canada, and the choices that reduce our own use of it (C1.1, C1.2).

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What your class asks

This lesson asks you to assess the short- and long-term impacts of generating electrical energy in Canada on society and the environment, including impacts on First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities and on climate change, and to assess choices that reduce your own use of electrical energy and speak up for its responsible use in your school. The museum holds no record that serves these expectations yet, so this lesson offers no cards. 1

Curriculum expectations, with their official codes

  • C1.1 assess the short- and long-term impacts of electrical energy generation technologies in Canada on society and the environment, including impacts on First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities, and on climate change
  • C1.2 assess choices that reduce personal use of electrical energy from both renewable and non-renewable sources, and advocate for the responsible use of electrical energy by the school community

The lesson

Whose view are you weighing?

For each choice, list who is affected and what each would say; then write which evidence would change your own assessment.

Check yourself

Nothing here is marked or sent anywhere. It is for you.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ontario Ministry of Education, The Ontario Curriculum: Science and Technology, Grades 1–8 (2022)
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