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Don't Leave Footprints
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Primary: Field Assignment
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Operation
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Infinite Potential
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Mission:
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Mission 3: Power to the People
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Print Page
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66,67
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Personal and social issues | Humans and the environment | Pollution | Science and technology | Energy technology | Science as inquiry | Science process skills | Analyzing data | Science
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5 | 6 | 7 | 8
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Keywords
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evaluate, effectiveness, power, facility, facilities, energy, need, emission, emissions control, technology, technologies, smoke stacks, coal, power plant, smoke, environment, global warming, sulfur dioxide, SO2, nitrogen oxide, NO2, carbon dioxide, CO2, Larry Shadle, NETL, data, carbon footprint, reduce
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02:15:00 (HH:MM:SS)
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Teachers | Elementary Grades | Junior High
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Created On
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4/13/2009
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Copyright
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Photos: Peter Haydock, The JASON Project
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From: Infinite Potential Mission 3: Power to the People (pp: 66,67) |
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Don't Leave Footprints In this field assignment, you will analyze data to determine if the technology developed by Dr. Larry Shadle and his team are effective. Then, you will analyze carbon-emission and population data to determine various countries' carbon footprints. Finally, you will recommend ways your local area can reduce its carbon footprint. |
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 Recall that your mission is to investigate how we currently meet our energy and power needs. Now that you have been fully briefed, it is time to evaluate the effectiveness of our power-generating facilities and look at some of the emissions-control technology that they use. Dr. Shadle and his team of researchers are focused on designing and implementing innovative emissions and carbon-control technology. Based on your analysis of Dr. Shadle’s data, you will determine if he and his team are making a difference. By employing carbon-control technology, coalfired plants can reduce their carbon emissions and therefore reduce their carbon footprint. Reducing one’s carbon footprint is a popular term these days— and so it should be. Countries around the world are beginning to monitor and promote strategies that reduce their carbon footprints in an attempt to curb global warming. Using secondary sources, you will obtain carbon emission and population data from a variety of countries around the world. You will analyze this data and see where your country stands. The first step in improving your country’s standing is up to you. Start with your local area and determine the main sources of carbon emissions. After that, recommend ways your local area can help reduce its carbon footprint.  | Mission 3 Argonaut Field Assignment Video
Join the National Argonauts as they learn about emissions-control technology with Dr. Larry Shadle. |
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- computer with Internet access
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- Download the Field Assignment Data Sheet from the JASON Mission Center.
- Using Dr. Shadle’s data, create a bar graph comparing the amount of SO2, NOX, and CO2 produced in different coal-fired plants.
- Compare similarities and differences between the two data sets.
- Identify and describe ways power plants can control their emissions.
- Identify and describe some of the incentives for coal-fired plants to reduce emissions.
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Your challenge is to compare the carbon emissions of several different countries. Additionally, you will propose strategies that can be used to help reduce your carbon footprint, and that of your local community. - Describe the term carbon footprint and explain how it relates to carbon emissions.
- From the JMC, obtain links to current carbon emissions and carbon emissions per capita data for China, India, United States, Qatar, and three other countries of your choice.
- Construct a bar graph to help organize your data and discuss your results.
- Using your knowledge of how we currently meet our energy and power needs, identify the main sources of carbon emissions in your local community.
- Propose a plan that will reduce the amount of carbon emissions in your local community.
- Use an Internet carbon footprint calculator to determine your personal carbon footprint.
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| Mission Debrief |
- Explain why some countries have very high carbon emissions but overall low emissions per capita. Does their per capita emissions justify their high levels of carbon emissions? Explain.
- Would you or your parents pay double for energy bills if the energy generation was guaranteed to be emissions controlled? Why or why not?
- Identify some of the alternatives to fossil fuels that would be more emissions-friendly.
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Predict the role that fossil fuels will play as an energy resource in the future. Explain your reasoning. |  |
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