top of page

Educating for Sustainability

CURRICULUM LIBRARY

This Lesson is a Draft.
>> To Publish, select "Publish Lesson" >>

UNIT: Wastewater Context for Matter and Its Interactions

LESSON: Poop to Power

< Edit Lesson
Back to My Lessons
Publish Lesson >
Part of a series of lessons in a unit called Wastewater Context for Matter and its interactions. Designed for middle school physical science, students are shown how the methane gas released in the digestion of sludge can be used as a fuel to power the treatment facility itself.
LESSON: Poop to Power

Lesson Specs

Suitable for Grades

Grades

Satisfies Academic Standards: 

Standards
​

Sustainable System Focus:

Systems

Academic Subjects

Subjects

Submitted by:

Jeffrey Burgard

Last Updated:

November 23, 2020 at 10:15:14 PM

Content Connection

Scientific Principle(s)

  1. In chemical reactions can release or absorb energy

 

Application

  1. The methane released in the digestion of waste is burned in a co-generation facility to supply some of the power need to run the wastewater plant

Community Relevance

The wastewater plant saves thousands of tax dollars every year by generating electricity for the human waste it processes

Lesson Plan

Materials
Teacher

  1. Video: Energy from Wastewater

  2. Video: Students in Kenya make energy from waste

  3. Powerpoint Slides

 

Student

  1. Notebook

The Plan

Time needed: 15 min

  1. Show the video Energy from Wastewater

  2. Have a discussion

  3. Show the additional video Students in Kenya make energy from waste and have a discussion

  4. Share the Power-point that has a diagram of all the steps in the treatment process including co-generation and the principle for the lesson

 

bottom of page