H.A.C. -Energy Traditional Geocache
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This cache is located at Pinoeer Park. An undeveloped park in Cedar
Rapids. I am giving a way point to get into the park you just park
along the side of the street. This should be a quick hunt. You will
be looking for a decon container. Please write about your trip
in the log book instead of just signing and dating it Happy
caching!!.
Saving, producing, and using energy wisely will be critical to
America's future. If we are to leave future generations with a
world in which they can live as well or better than we have, scouts
and other potential leaders of tomorrow must begin the hard work of
understanding energy and the vital role it will play in the
future.
Requirements:
1. Do the following:
-Find an article on the use or conservation of energy. Discuss with
your counselor what in the article was interesting to you, the
questions it raises, and what ideas it addresses that you do not
understand.
-After you have completed requirements 2 through 8, revisit the
article you found for requirement 1a. Explain to your counselor
what you have learned in completing the requirements that helps you
better understand the article.
2. Show you understand energy forms and conversions by doing the
following:
-Explain how THREE of the following devices use energy, and explain
their energy conversions: toaster, greenhouse, lightbulb, bow
drill, nuclear reactor, sweat lodge.
-Construct a system that makes at least two energy conversions and
explain this to your counselor.
3. Show you understand energy efficiency by explaining to your
counselor a common example of a situation where energy moves
through a system to produce a useful result. Do the
following:
-Identify the parts of the system that are affected by the energy
movement.
-Name the system's primary source of energy.
-Identify the useful outcomes of the system.
-Identify the energy losses of the system.
4. Conduct an energy audit of your home. Keep a 14-day log that
records what you and your family did to reduce energy use. Include
the following in your report and, after the 14-day period, discuss
what you have learned with your counselor.
-List the types of energy used in your home such as electricity,
wood, oil, liquid petroleum, and natural gas, and tell how each is
delivered and measured, and the current cost; OR record the
transportation fuel used, miles driven, miles per gallon, and trips
using your family car or another vehicle.
-Describe ways you and your family can use energy resources more
wisely. In preparing your discussion, consider the energy required
for the things you do and use on a daily basis (cooking, showering,
using lights, driving, watching TV, using the computer). Explain
how you can change your energy use through reuse and
recycling.
5. In a notebook, identify and describe five examples of energy
waste in your school or community. Suggest in each case possible
ways to reduce this waste. Describe the idea of trade-offs in
energy use. In your response, do the following:
-Explain how the changes you suggest would lower costs, reduce
pollution, or otherwise improve your community.
-Explain what changes to routines, habits, or convenience are
necessary to reduce energy waste. Tell why people might resist the
changes you suggest.
6. Prepare pie charts showing the following information, and
explain to your counselor the important ideas each chart reveals.
Tell where you got your information. Explain how cost affects the
use of a nonrenewable energy resource and makes alternatives
practical.
-The energy resources that supply the United States with most of
its energy
-The share of energy resources used by the United States that comes
from other countries
-The proportion of energy resources used by homes, businesses,
industry, and transportation
-The fuels used to generate America's electricity
-The world's known and estimated primary energy resource
reserves
7. Tell what is being done to make FIVE of the following energy
systems produce more usable energy. In your explanation, describe
the technology, cost, environmental impacts, and safety
concerns.
* Biomass digesters or waste-to-energy plants
* Cogeneration plants
* Fossil fuel power plants
* Fuel cells
* Geothermal power plants
* Nuclear power plants
* Solar power systems
* Tidal energy, wave energy, or ocean thermal energy conversion
devices
* Wind turbines
8. Find out what opportunities are available for a career in
energy. Choose one position that interests you and describe the
education and training required.
Additional Hints
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