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Project details:

My unit is in conjunction with Eileen Schreppel. Together we will be creating a learning unit that begins in fifth grade and continues with a part two in sixth grade.

UEQ: Why are some people opposed to wind energy?

Day 1: Introduction/review of wind energy Use Kidwind.org, and video site for Maple Ridge Wind Farm Also use Spring Farm CARES website

Day 2: Look at view points of local people Use Spring Farm CARES Town of Kirkland pulic record (link on Wiki), Jordanville sites, Maple Ridge Wind Farm sites, http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/03/26/maple-ridge-wind-farm-has-been-a-disaster/p...

Day 3: Students look at fact vs. fiction in regards to wind energy. Use government sites for facts, look at public documanets that have scientific studies regardinf noise, wildlife fatality, etc. http://science.howstuffworks.com/wind-turbines-kill-birds.htm

Day 4: Real issues that affect the public: TV and radio reception, noise, view/visual pollution,shadow flicker, wildlife fatalities, cultural, historical, light pollution, and property values. Use video clip: "Voices of Tug Hill" (link on Wiki)

Day 5: DBQ