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Welcome to Solar Quest! Start your quest by clicking on the Introduction button above - good luck!
The year is 3070. You live in the colony of Mentoria on planet Earth. Space travel is now a weekly event, however spending time in the outdoors is a thing of the past.
Due to the dangerous level of the greenhouse gases that are in the air, people can only spend limited time outside without the assistance of protective suits…
The engineering squad have recently come up with a form of time travel, enabling officers of the colony to travel both backwards and forwards in time…
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Your mission as the third squad of the Elite Enviro Platoon (E
2P) is to travel back in time to the year 2010 and put in place procedures to lessen the future effect of the greenhouse gases.Using an early version of the Internet, you will view the world of the Primitives (as we name Earth people living in the early 2nd Millenium).
Dr Jacques, Mentoria’s historian, has mentioned a renewable energy source which received some attention in the early years of the 2000’s – solar energy.
Upon your return to present day, you must provide your superior officers with a brochure detailing your findings on solar energy, and be prepared to make an oral presentation to the other members of the Platoon, on these findings.
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Each squad within the Platoon is made up of three members. Each member has a different role and task which must be completed individually. The roles are:
| Solar Analyst |  |
This person is responsible for research into how solar energy works. The following questions should be addressed within your research:
| Economic Analyst |  |
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The Primitives are still mainly using an old form of energy – based on decayed and fossilised plant material (coal and oil) in order to produce their electricity. They will want to know how much money a new form of electricity is going to cost them.
Your role is to research the costs of setting up a solar energy system, and then the costs of maintaining the new system.
You will also need to do some research into how solar energy can save money on their monthly electricity bills. Make sure you provide answers to the following questions:
Find out what other places such as businesses can do to reduce their electricity bills, through solar energy.
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This person is responsible for the design of a solar energy device that can be used around the primitives' place of dwelling, to assist them until their technology can do things for them.
You will need to work closely with the solar analyst to work out what the primitives could need, and what technology you will need to include in your design.
Using a computer drawing program, draw up your final design and submit it with the group brochure. You will also need to be prepared to report on what your device does, and how it can work.
Group Task - The Brochure
Once you have completed your individual missions, your squad will need to detail its research findings in a brochure, to be presented to your superior officers and the remainder of the platoon.
You need to ensure that each person's specific task is detailed within the brochure, and that each member of your squad is able to provide an oral presentation on their part in your mission.
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Solar Analyst resources: Encyclopedia Britannica article Why Solar Energy? All about the Sun and Solar Energy Solar Energy Energy Quest
Economic Analyst resources:
Renewable energy sources Solar power How to cut energy costs! Sustainable Earth - renewable energy Going Solar - use Menu items on the left
General Resources:
Solar Energy and other interesting links
Solar Energy Coloring Book (requires Acrobat Reader)
Each individual will be evaluated by the following criteria:
| 1. Participation/Use of class time | 10 points |
| Completion of: | |
| 2. Solar Analyst Task | 10 points |
| 3. Economic Analyst Task | 10 points |
| 4. Solar Engineer Task | 10 points |
Your squad will have the
brochure evaluated by the following criteria:| Writing (spelling, grammar, punctuation, paragraphs, etc.) | 10 points |
| Presentation (typed, double spaced, 1 inch margins, etc ) | 10 points |
| Information (factual, examples cited) | 20 points |
| Visual Aids (easy to read, relevant information) | 10 points |
| Resources (bibliography of all sources used, variety ) | 10 points |
Total Project Points |
100 Points |
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Think about some of the ways in which you could save energy in your own home. Imagine the future world in which the Enviro Platoon must exist – a world where you can’t go outside because the air is too dangerous.
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