ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the lesson plans for the Hydropower Efficiency STEM Road Map module. The chapter provides a series of four lesson plans – Wind Wheels, Water Wheels, Under Pressure: Water Pressure and Dams, and Big Changes for Millside Corners Design Challenge. Moving through the lessons, students explore wind energy, hydropower, types of dams, water pressure, the history of electrification in the United States, and the engineering design process. Students’ work culminates in the Big Changes for Millside Corners Design Challenge where they create proposals for and models of a hydroelectric dam and participate in a class debate.
