Transcript WGBH Power Surge slides

Airs April 20, 2011 @ 9 PM
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Rachel Connolly
Director of Education, NOVA
Please watch trailer at
pbs.org/nova/tech/power-surge.html
Power Surge
Can technology save us from climate
change?
• The Wedge Theory = Stephen Pacala,
Princeton
• Explores 4 categories of solutions
• increasing efficiency
• tripling the number of nuclear power plants
• cleaning coal plants by burying emissions
• adding more solar panels or wind turbines
(and biofuels)
The Wedge “Game”
On-air experts
From business, academia and
government
• Including:
• Steven Chu, U.S. Secretary of Energy
• Paul Alivisatos, Director, Lawerence
Berkeley National Lab
• Jim Rogers, CEO, Duke Energy
• Daniel Kammen, UC Berkeley
pbs.org/nova/tech/capturing-carbon.html
pbs.org/nova/tech/carbon-sink.html
pbs.org/nova/tech/algae-fuel.html
pbs.org/nova/tech/algae-biodiesel.html
pbs.org/nova/tech/making-stuffcleaner.html
Making Stuff
Resources
• Activity Guide
• Hands-on Demonstrations
• Outreach Toolkit
• Presentations
Available for free download at:
pbs.org/nova/education/makingstuff
Activity Guide
Four materials science
hands-on activities for
th
4 - to 6th-grade students
Ideal for afterschool and
informal education
settings
pbs.org/nova/education/makingstuff
Cleaner:
Build a Cleaner Battery
Kids build
environmentally cleaner
batteries and connect
them in series to
increase the voltage and
power small electrical
devices
Cleaner
Content Connections:
- Energy and Power
- Electricity
- Voltage
Teaching Tip:
It will take about five
saltwater batteries (cups)
linked together to get the
LED to light
pbs.org/nova/teachers/tech/fuel-cells.html
pbs.org/nova/teachers/tech/inside-solar-cell.html
pbs.org/nova/teachers/earth/ethanol-biofuel.html
pbs.org/nova/teachers/tech/solar-paint-roof.html
teachersdomain.org/resource/nsn08.sci.ess.watcyc.capcarbon/
teachersdomain.org/resource/oer09.sci.ess.watcyc.solarhome/
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