Enviro+Impact+-+Batteries

Matt Schuchardt, March 2012

Lesson plan on the environmental impact of batteries.

Previous to this lesson plan, the students learned about circuits and the physics of powering a light bulb with a battery.

Step 1: Mini-lecture with a lot of discussion [|Lesson.pptx]

Step 2: Students create a poster describing the most cost-efficient combination of batteries to power the devices in their home. [|Half-Reactions for Electrochem Synthesis.docx]

Step 3: Readings, social-political context for this lesson [|HW Reading - Rare earth mining.doc] [|HW Reading - Questions.docx] [|HW Reading - Hidden Cost of Driving a Prius.pdf]