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High School Lesson Plans

These lessons are suitable for grades 9-12.
By Mark Ziesmer
Sultana High School, Hesperia Unified School District

In this lesson students are introduced to concepts such as electromagnetic radiation and the greenhouse effect. In addition, students gain an understanding of the correlation between burning fossil fuels and greenhouse gas concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere, and how energy conservation can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.


By David Casey, Analy High School, West Sonoma County Union High School District, CA
In this lesson, developed by a Green Schools teacher, students grades 8-12 increase their awareness of the impact of their choices on the Earth by studying the ecological footprint concept. They also learn how to calculate the mean, median, mode, and standard deviation of a set of data.

By Mark Ziesmer, Sultana High School, Hesperia Unified School District, CA
In this lesson, developed by a Green Schools teacher, students in grades 7-12 learn how electrical usage is counted and priced and measure and evaluate representative household and school electrical items.


By Terry Blanke, Eisenhower High School, Rialto Unified School District, CA
In this project based lesson, developed by a Green Schools teacher, students in grades 9-12 research energy conservation devices, build a demonstration project incorporating a device, and display it at an elementary science fair.

By Terry Blanke, Eisenhower High School, Rialto Unified School District, CA
In this project based lesson, developed by a Green Schools teacher, students in grades 9-12 research energy and the need for conservation, develop a lesson plan on energy for elementary students and teach the lesson.

By Terry Blanke, Eisenhower High School, Rialto Unified School District, CA
In this project based lesson plan, developed by a Green Schools teacher, students in grades 9-12 learn about various types of energy and the need to conserve energy, write a children's story about saving energy, and read their energy books to elementary students.

Students will analyze the factors that influence the energy efficiency of a home design, including site analysis, home orientation, configuration, envelope, space planning, ventilation, heating, cooling, lighting and appliances, water heating, and waste management.

In this lesson, students will determine the amount of heat available from the sun in his/her area, compare the absorption of solar energy among different collectors, and offer explanations for discrepancies between the data collected and the solar constant.

In this lesson, students present original ideas about how energy is wasted at home/at work and develop/present a program on how to conserve energy in a specific area.

In this activity, students will generate their own hydropower -- demonstrating how water power is coverted to electricity.

In this unit, students learn some basic facts about renewable energy sources, identify pros/cons of each, and explain basic economic concepts used to analyze energy issues.

This series of activites allows students to learn about the issues surrounding global warming.

In this unit students analyze the controversial topic of global warming.



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