Energy Crisis Advisor
- WHAT: A goal-based scenario that teaches students about how batteries work.
- BY: Dan Ratner, Aatish Salvi and Shomon Shamsuddin.
- FOR: Cecilia Schnacky at the Lincoln School for Girls, Spring 1996.
- SIZE: 2.4M (download); 3.1M (expanded).
INTENDED AUDIENCE
"Energy Crisis Advisor" was designed for twelfth
grade chemistry students at the Lincoln School in Providence, Rhode Island.
It was intended to teach the students everything from the basic electrochemistry of the voltaic cell
up through a taste of current battery research.
EDUCATIONAL GOALS
The scenario is intended to teach students how batteries work in a more immediate and engaging way
than via a textbook. It is meant to supplement an electrochemistry unit and give the student a reason
to care about voltaic cells.
NOTES
The user of the program is the director of the
Department of Energy and is charged with determining whether the California state law requiring 10% of
cars sold in California in the year 2000 is feasible.
At the end of the program the user is expected to generate a report to the United States cabinet. The
report is saved and can be graded by the teacher.