National Science Standard 2...Physical Science

NS.5 - 8.1
Properties and Changes of Properties in Matter
Motions and Forces
Transfer of Energy

NS.9 - 12.1
Structure of Atoms
Structure and Properties of Matter
Chemical Reactions
Motions and Forces
Conservation of Energy and Increase in Disorder
Interactions of Energy and Matter

Speaker...Mr. Amory Lovins
Rocky Mountain Institute
Hypercar, Inc.

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Essential Questions

1. How can we make people understand and believe that we must use alternative fuel sources?
2. Once people have an understanding of alternative fuels, how do we begin to make the changes in everyday use, and have those changes become habit, not the exception?


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Journal

Given the technology we have today...and the technology that is on the drawing board...what do you foresee as the "possibilities for tomorrow?" Can we solve the problem of hunger? Can there be world peace? Can we live harmoniuously with the animals and plants that share our world? What role do you see global politics playing in these questions?

Student Self-Evaluation

1. This speaker emphasized…
2. One fact that surprised me was…
3. I will always remember…
4. The important message I would like to pass on is…

Teacher Evaluation

1. The student used the journal question as a reflection after the program.
2. The student was able to answer the self-evaluation questions.
3. The student worked as part of a small group to apply what was learned from the speaker to real life situations, and presented that as part of an infomercial or power point presentation. The student's group showed at least 4 ways society could change its dependence on fossil fuels.

It's a Possibility

For all the times that you’ve wondered why
The world turned out this way
And all of the times that you’ve asked yourself
About the games that people play
About the politics of hunger
And the politics of need
How the politics of power
Seem to be the politics of greed

For all of the times that you’ve struggled in an effort
To work your way back upstream
And all of the times you’ve held on to it
When most of us had lost the dream
And for all of the ones who have walked with you
By your side or way back home
Maybe much more than any of us
You know that no one is really alone

Because the heart is still a hunter
Its like a beacon in the night
And though the heart is just a lover
It’s never afraid to fight

We are fighting for more than survival
We are working for more than peace
We are giving ourselves to each other
Making sure all injustice will someday cease
You can take a look around you
And you can see how far we’ve come
All the separate parts
All the hundreds of hearts
That are beating together as one

It’s a possibility
For many tomorrow's
It’s a possibility
Of a world to be made for everyone
It’s a possibility
No more suffering and sorrow
It’s a possibility
It’s in everyone

It’s a possibility
For many tomorrow's
It’s a possibility
Of a world to be made for everyone
It’s a possibility
No more suffering and no more sorrow
It’s a possibility
It’s in everyone

...Lyrics by John Denver
Bill
Nye

Standard 1
Amory
Lovins

Standard 2
Jeanne
McCarty

Standard 3
Al
Worden

Standard 4
Thomas
Zung

Standard 5
Tracy
Fisher

Standard 6

John
Passacantando

Standard 6
Richard
Murphy

Standard 7


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