PrintGoals and Objectives
Goals
- Recognize the natural and human-driven systems and processes that produce energy and affect the environment
- Explain scientific concepts in language non-scientists can understand
- Find reliable sources of information on the internet
Learning Objectives
This unit is mostly about helping you see how much good we get from energy. By the end of this module, you should be able to:
- Recognize that even really smart people have failed when climate changed
- Explain how machines and trade have helped other people avoid catastrophe
- Describe how we have burned through energy sources in the past
- Show that people can make money and save the world at the same time