You have decided that your next automobile
will be an environmentally conscious choice. Follow the path below to
research and then select the best "green" automobile for your lifestyle.
Remember, you must defend your decision!
Your lifestyle requires a 40 minute commute
each way to work, 5 days/week. You live in a 2 parent
household, and have 1.6 children.
Create a
Word document, with your name on the top, to record and build the
information required from each task. A list of Internet resources is
supplied below. The use of additional Internet resources is
encouraged.
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Task 1
*Read
about environmentally conscious automobile technology. Using your
new knowledge, define how
you define a "green" automobile?
CNN Article
*How can one measure
how green a car is?
*Record 2 measurement
systems
*Explain how
each system works
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Task 2
*List
the alternative "green" fuel/power sources currently available for
personal automobiles
*Include the advantages and disadvantages for each fuel/power
source
*Rank the fuel/power sources in the order of the best
alternatives, in your opinion, first, and listing the
least favorable selections last (your disadvantages should
support this opinion)
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Task 3
*What
commercially available automobiles use your top 4 best choices, as
defined on your list created from Task 3?
*Record (pictures too, if you
are able!) the automobiles, under the fuel source used, on
your list
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Task 4
*List the advantages, and
disadvantages, for each automobile you have listed
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Task 5
*Select,
from your list, the automobile you would most strongly consider
purchasing.
*Explain
your selection with at least 5 defensive points
*How important
was style, safety, cost, fuel availability, ease of repair,
green rating etc to your selection? Do you need to revise your
research and include any of this information? Please do!
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Resources |
*http://www.greencar.com/
*http://www.fueleconomy.gov
*http://www.greencaruniversity.com/green_car_score
*http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center-top100/
*http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center-cars/
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Evaluation
Rubric |
Name_______________________________
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Excellent
5
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Satisfactory
3
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Below
Expectations
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Internet
Research
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Students effectively
navigated Internet
and easily gathered
information from a variety of
electronic databases.
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Students navigated
Internet and gathered
information from a limited number of
electronic databases.
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Students required
assistance to
navigate and
gather information.
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Data
Presentation |
Research is well developed, attractively presented in a
understandable language and an easy to follow format
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Research is evident, data is mostly reasonable and
comprehensible, while supported by an easy to follow format
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Research is not easy to understand. Format is confusing.
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Analysis and
Conclusions
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Students carefully
analyzed the
information collected
and drew appropriate
conclusions
supported by
evidence.
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Reasoning
was
evident.
Students’ conclusions
could be supported
by stronger evidence.
Level of analysis
could have been
deeper
reasoning was mostly
adequate.
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Conclusions were not
supported by
evidence.
reasoning was not
evident.
Students’ conclusions
simply involved
restating information.
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Total Points ____________
Comments:
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Credits |
http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/outdoor/lm.pdf
http://mobilesmix.com/green-path/
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