Renewable Energy Add On Set

Who is it for? 

The material is designed for introducing and teaching the topic of renewable energy to middle and high school students. Working in teams, students can build, investigate and learn from the models and activities.  Please refer to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the Common Core State Standards grids in the ‘Curriculum’ section of this curriculum pack to see which activities match your current teaching program. 

What is it for? 

The ‘Renewable Energy’ curriculum pack and Add-on Set enables students to work as young scientists, engaging them in science, engineering, technology, design and mathematics. The ‘Renewable Energy’ curriculum pack and Add-on Set promotes a challenging classroom environment and actively engages students in scientific inquiries, reasoning and critical thinking. They are challenged to make assumptions and predictions, bringing together their many experiences and knowledge from different subjects. They utilize their skills, creativity and intuition to actively create new understanding. Using our curriculum pack students are encouraged to involve themselves in real world investigations and problem-solving. They make assumptions and predictions. They design and make models and then observe the behavior of these models; they reflect and re-design, and then record and present their findings. The ‘Renewable Energy’ curriculum pack enables teachers to partially cover the following Crosscutting Concepts and overall Science and Engineering Practices, which have been set forth in the NGSS: 

Science and Engineering Practices:  

• Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
• Developing and using models • Planning and carrying out investigations
• Analyzing and interpreting data • Using mathematics and computational thinking
• Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering)
• Engaging in argument from evidence
• Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information

Crosscutting Concepts: 

• Patterns
• Cause and Effect (Mechanism and explanation)
• Scale, Proportion, and Quantity
• Systems and System Models
• Energy and Matter (Flows, cycles, and conservation)
• Structure and Function
• Stability and Change

What is in it? 

The 9688 Elements 

The set consists of five full-color building instructions booklets for the six main model activities, and the following elements: LEGO® Energy Meter (consisting of two separate elements: Energy Display and Energy Storage), LEGO Solar Panel, E-Motor, Blades, LED Lights and a 50 cm (= 19 in.) Extension Wire. This set is an add-on set to be built with the 9686 set. All of the 9688 elements fit into the bottom section of the 9686 storage box.