EcoSpark works with communities and with schools, providing them
with the knowledge and tools to monitor their environment and
take action for positive environmental change.
Step 1: Introduction - Electricity and the Environment
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See the Teacher Guide to implement Wattwize independently
Before you can conduct your Wattwize Electricity Audit with your Conservation Coach, you need to introduce the program and provide context for conservation initiatives to your students. The main points you should cover are:
- where electricity comes from,
- Canada and Ontario's electricity generation sources, and
- electricity's impact on the environment.
To help you do this EcoSpark has made a presentation (provided below) to help prepare students. Teachers should allot one EcoTeam meeting for this presentation (or assign it as homework).
You can also cover the above points in your own way. You might want to send students to the Wattwize Student Area to research electricity and the environment.
(If you can't see anything above you need to download the latest flash plug-in)
To make the presentation appear in fullscreen: click play button,
then "More" and then "Fullscreen."
To play the presentation: click the arrows to move forwards and backwards.
Wattwize WILL BE WORKING WITH A LIMITED NUMBER OF ECOTEAMS IN 2011-12.
For more info
Please contact Erin Way
E-mail: erin@ecospark.ca
Phone: 647-258-3280 x2003
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