Topic 1: Where does heat come from?

How does heat affect you? Activity

Question for Group Activity

Some resources:

• Alberta Energy
• Solar Energy in Alberta
• Wind Energy at Pincher Creek
• What's New with Rapid Transit in Calgary
• National Nuclear Power
• Canadian Hydro, ATCO Power

Can you answer these questions?

• When was the first coal shipped in Alberta?
• What is the best way to stay warm in the winter (especially when camping!)?
• Play the "Watt's That" Game. How did you do?

• Type in word site (won't work with words like qualitative, non-renewable)
• The Energy Story (from California)
• Saving Energy
• Heat and Temperature (ignore the concepts of thermodynamics and work for now)
• Temperature
• Fossil Fuels
• Non-renewable resources [1] [2]
• Sustainablilty [1]

• Alberta resource history
• 10 steps to keeping warm
• Watt's That Game

Where does heat come from? Questions for group activity

Responses to be included in individual notebooks.

1. How do you heat your house? Take a count in your group.
2. What sources of heat do you use to cook your food? Take a count in your group.
3. How do you think the school is heated?
4. What are all the possible sources of heat energy that you can think of?
5. Use the Internet to find out what sources of heat energy are used in Alberta. Which source does most of Calgary's energy come from (this might surprise you!)?
6. Choose 1 appliance (e.g. hair dryer, fridge, computer): how would you save energy when you use this appliance?
7. What problems can come out of using energy from heat? Pick one and discuss how society might be able to solve it.