SOURCES OF ENERGY FOR ELECTRICITY
GENERATION PRESENTATION
Your group has been given the task of showing how one of the energy
sources listed below is used to generate electricity and the advantages and
disadvantages of using your energy source compared with some of the
others.
Energy sources list:
Fossil fuel (coal) Fossil fuel (oil) Fossil fuel (gas)
Nuclear fuel (uranium)
Biomass energy Wind energy Solar energy
Geothermal energy Wave energy Tidal energy
Hydroelectric energy
Your presentation should last for between 4 and 5 minutes.
It should be based around a power-point slide show to be shown on
an interactive whiteboard.
You will also need to prepare handout consisting of ONE side of
A4. This may be a print-out from the power-point presentation.
Your presentation should give answers to the following questions:
o What is the origin of the energy source
o Is it a renewable or non-renewable energy source
o How is the source used to generate electricity
o What are the advantages and disadvantages of using this
source compared with some of the other sources.
You should use the internet and your text book as resources (Triple
Science Physics: pages 62 to 71)
All members of your group are expected to take part in the
presentation.
Your presentation will be graded by the rest of the teaching group
on both its content and delivery. The group scoring highest will
receive a prize.
My group: ___________________________________
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Energy source: ______________________________
KT 05 December 2022
