Module 2 Goals and Objectives
Goals:
- Recognize the natural and human-driven systems and processes that produce energy and affect the environment
- Explain scientific concepts in language non-scientists can understand
- Find reliable sources of information on the internet
By the end of this module, you should be able to:
- Recall that using energy doesn’t make it go away, it is just converted into a less useful form
- Recognize the many units of energy and power
- Show that the amount of energy used by people around the world is much larger than the 100 watts inside most people converted from food
- Recall that around 85% of the energy we use is derived from fossil fuels
- Analyze energy use and production in a country other than the United States