In this web-quest you will In this web-quest you will search different energy sources;estimate their advantages and disadvantages; consider other people’s opinions evaluate this information. 

What do you know about energy sources?

 What type of heating do you have at home?

Where does electricity come from? What kind of transport do you use to

get to the University? What are the problems in energy

security? What are their solutions?

Click on the links below to find the answers to the question. You might also use online dictionaries, online concordance online thesaurus  

What do you know about What do you know about different types of energy different types of energy

sources?sources?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/climate/adaptation/wind_power.shtml http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,46522,00.htmlhttp://www.nppd.com/about-us/power-plants-facilities/wind-generation/

How does wind generate the energy?What do some people not like about the turbines?Why are wind turbines being built in Antarctica?

http://electric-power-plant.blogspot.ru/2010/03/hydro-power-plant.html

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/water/hydro_plant_types.html

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/water/research.html Who was the first to have used the power of water? What are the types of hydro power plants? What are the targets of the Water Power Program? What kind of industries use the river power?

http://www.oilcrisis.com/overview.htm http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/ANWR/ http://

www.anwr.org/Video/Senator-Stevens-Confronts-Congress-for-Blocking-Oil-Exploration.php

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/peril_oil_pollution.html

http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/two-very-important-lines?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=email260-graphic&utm_campaign=energy

http://www.gulfoilandgas.com/webpro1/Projects/default.asp?nid=RU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiHghN7_46U

What are some hazards of oil use?

What are the advantages of its use?

http://www.fossil.energy.gov/education/energylessons/coal/coal_history.html http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/70383 http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/70380 http://www.nppd.com/about-us/power-plants-facilities/ What was coal originally?When and where did coal start to be used on a big scale?What measures are being taken to prevent coal combustion impact on the environment?

COALCOAL

http://www.nppd.com/about-us/power-plants-facilities/http://www.fossil.energy.gov/education/energylessons/gas/gas_history.html http://rt.com/business/iran-russia-gas-oil-projects-029/http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/70385 http://www.gulfoilandgas.com/webpro1/Projects/default.asp?nid=RUWhat was gas used as a fuel for in the 1800s?When were most gas pipelines built?What are the problems in energy security? What are their solutions?

GASGAS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/climate/adaptation/nuclear_power.shtml http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Country-Profiles/Countries-O-S/Russia--Nuclear-Power/ http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/70392 http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Country-Profiles/Countries-G-N/Japan/http://www.nppd.com/about-us/power-plants-facilities/cooper-nuclear-station/ What is the total capacity of Russian, Britain nuclear power plants?What are the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear power?

NUCLEAR POWERNUCLEAR POWER

http://www.bbc.co.uk/climate/adaptation/solar_power.shtmlhttp://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/70389

When did solar power first start to become popular?What countries efficiently use solar power?

SOLAR POWERSOLAR POWER

Pretend you are members of the international team designing a power plant for your country.

1.Choose your country from the list: Russia, Great Britain, the USA, Australia, Sweden, Germany, China, Venezuela, Japan

TASKSTASKS

• Renewability: how long will this source be around?

• Cost: is the source financially possible?

• Aesthetics: how will it look?

• Performance: will it produce enough energy?• Safety: can anyone get hurt? • Impact: on wildlife, on the environment, on people.

After you have chosen your points, put them in the order of importance for you.

2. Decide your criteria to 2. Decide your criteria to design a power plant:design a power plant:

Which one do they think is the best? Which one is the worst?

4. 4. Search on the Internet (URLs given) to find the opinion of a public person, government, or other interested parties

5.5.List at least 2-3 advantages and disadvantages for each energy source.

3. Interview your group 3. Interview your group mates or family members mates or family members

based on the above based on the above criteria. criteria.

Which source is the best Which source is the best for your country?for your country?Give reasons why, providing information you have collected from this project.

6. Report your results to 6. Report your results to your team members at your team members at the round-table talk the round-table talk

1. What source of energy have you chosen?2. How is it generated?3. What is its industrial and every day

application?4. What are its advantages and disadvantages?5. Does it affect the environment? How?

Use the active vocabulary of Unit 3 (p. 46)

7. Write a survey for the 7. Write a survey for the journaljournal

What did you learn in this web-quest? What did you like most of all about it? What would you like to change or improve?

Your feedback at: sunnymood77@hotmail.com would be greatly appreciated!

Self-evaluation:Self-evaluation:

  below standard standard6-7

(4/3; 3/4;3\3)

above standard

8 -9(5/4; 4/5; 4/4)

outstanding10 (5/5)

Survey disorganised and difficult to follow; little data, few conclusions; intrusive errors of vocabulary and grammar

clearly written, logically organised, including a representative range of facts and some conclusions; but grammatical and lexical mistakes impede overall intelligibility

carefully planned and checked text, including introduction; a good range of data, and conclusions; logically linked and accurate in terms of grammar and lexis; good rage of vocabulary displayed but some mistakes

engaging, original and well organised text, consisting of introduction, data (extensive) and conclusion. No errors of grammar or vocabulary; consistent and appropriate style; illustrative diagrams or charts might also be included

TEACHING NOTES & TEACHING NOTES & EVALUATIONEVALUATION

Refer to this evaluation form when Refer to this evaluation form when evaluating students' workevaluating students' work

  below standard standard above standard outstanding 2 3 4 5Report report is

confused and/or short and/or difficult to follow, poorly researched and/or minimally exemplified; intrusive errors of vocabulary and grammar and/or large chunks copied directly from websites

report is basic but sufficient to present main arguments; divided into clear sections and generally easy to follow; research not exhaustive but sufficient and mainly original; grammatical and lexical mistakes do not impede overall intelligibility

report is thorough and clearly laid out, with arguments convincingly made on the basis of well researched data; research has gone beyond the most obvious sources and there is ample evidence of original thinking and writing; high level of accuracy and a broad lexical range

report is exceptionally well argued, demonstrating original, often committed, thinking based on thorough research, expressing a range of points of view but reaching clearly articulated and accurately expressed conclusions

Presentation presentation simply read aloud; not easy to follow, poorly illustrated, and/or under-rehearsed; work not well distributed between group members; little apparent liaison or collaboration

presentation organised into stages, clearly illustrated and sufficiently detailed to give a general idea; evidence of rehearsal and sufficient group collaboration, even if workload not evenly distributed; some reading aloud, but some improvised “telling”

well organised presentation, with clear and detailed rationale, showing evidence of thorough research and rehearsal; attractively illustrated; work well co-ordinated and evenly distributed; some reading aloud, but some improvised “telling”

presentation painstakingly researched but presented in an engaging, even entertaining, way; technically impressive, well resourced; even distribution of work, each contribution harmoniously linked to make a coherent whole; report delivered with notes but not read aloud; questions handled effectively and spontaneously

  2 3 4 5

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSIONThis Web-Quest has introduced learners to the concept

of alternative energy sources, and of how to use World Wide Web English-language resources critically in order to become better informed about the repercussions of using current energy sources.

They have had to collaborate (in a group course) to design and present an original list of advantages and disadvantages of energy sources, along with an investigative report justifying their decisions. This has required the synthesis and organization of data in an original way.

They have also had to work individually to report on a survey. Finally they have had to engage self-appraisal skills in order to evaluate their progress and participation in the tasks.