Can’t make it to the Museum? Check out our Distance Learning offerings!
CDM's Distance Learning lessons bring a museum expert to your classroom to virtually engage your students in learning about sustainable energy and sustainable solutions. Your students will participate in NGSS aligned, hands-on activities to explore how to make our world, and their own communities, more sustainable. We will provide everything you and your students need via mail prior to the lesson, including a teacher's guide, student journals, and all of the materials needed for approximately 30 students per lesson.
We offer lessons for students in grades 6-8 and 9-12.
All you need to participate in these lessons is:
- Distance learning equipment including: A computer with internet connection, a camera, and a microphone (can be connected to the computer), and access to a video call software such as Zoom, Teams, or Google Meet
- Access to water for use in lab activities
To request more information and to book a lesson, please fill out the form at the button below.
Students will experience the science of fossil and biofuels. Beginning with an in-depth look at how fossil fuels are formed and how their extraction impacts our environment, they will then compare and contrast the effects the fossil fuel consumption with the creation and use of biofuels and begin to understand how bioenergy is a more sustainable solution.
Activities and NGSS Standards Alignment:
- Carbon in the Earth (MS-PS1-2, MS-ESS3-1)
- Oil Rig (MS-PS1-3, MS-ESS3-1, MS-ESS3-3, MS-ETS1-2)
- Glucose, Fat, and Starch (MS-ESS3-3, MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-3)
- Gene Splicing (MS-LS3-1, MS-LS4-5)
This lesson is designated for students in grades 6-8. You will receive materials for students to complete the four hands-on activities listed above guided by a Museum Educator via video call. This lesson lasts approximately 1 hour.
Materials you will need to supply:
- Water
- Safety Glasses/Goggles (if desired)
- Pencil/Pen
Cost:
$150/lesson + $25 shipping in continental U.S.
Students will explore key questions facing scientists at the Center for Bioenergy Innovation an Oak Ridge National Laboratory through a series of activities where they get to engineer their own sustainable solutions. Throughout the 5 lessons students will identify why plastic pollution is a problem, design a solution to microplastic waste, understand the process of how biofuels are engineered, and design a sustainable solution for their own community.
Activities and NGSS Standards Alignment:
- Day 1: Mystery Plastic Polymers with a Museum Educator (HS-ETS1-1, HS-ESS3-6, HS-ESS2-6, HS-LS2-5)
- Day 2: Filtering Microplastics (HS-ESS3-4, HS-LS2-7, HS-ETS1-2)
- Day 3: Creating a Biofuel (HS-ESS3-5, HS-LS4-6, HS-ETS1-2, HS-PS1-6)
- Day 4: Community Design Project (HS-ETS1-2, HS-ETS1-3, HS-ESS3-2)
- Day 5: Wrap-Up with a Museum Educator (HS-ESS3-2, HS-ESS3-4, HS-LS2-7, HS-LS4-6)
This lesson is designed for students in grades 9-12. You will receive materials and activities for 5 days of lessons. These 5 days do not have to be consecutive and can be implemented to fit your schedule.
Materials you will need to supply:
- Water
- Digital Scale (can be optional)
- Safety Glasses/Goggles
- Ruler
- 1/2 tsp Measuring Spoon
- Project Supplies (colored pencils, markers, access to the internet, etc.)
Cost:
$150/lesson + $25 shipping in continental U.S.
