My lesson plan involves students thinking about the impacts of energy uses through power plants. I have created a map that directs students from our school, Timberland Charter Academy to the local power plant, the BC Cobb Power Plant. From the map, you will notice the power plant is located directly on Muskegon Lake. The goal for students is to analyze this map and determine what kinds of effects do they think can result from having a power plant located so close to the waters of Muskegon. Students would also be asked to look for ways to incorporate safe equipment and measures for having a power plant in that location.
To help direct students and put the closeness into perspective, I have drawn a line from our school to the power plant. I have also marked our school and the power plant with markers. For this lesson I would actually print out this map to give to students to use. I would probe them to think about the safety of having a power plant located relatively close to their school, homes, and lakes.
View BC Cobb Plant in a larger map
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