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Let’s think about new energy-efficient electric technologies. What does “efficient” mean? Efficient means that you can accomplish results without wasting time, material or energy.

Each group will need:

Poster board
Markers
Crayons
Construction paper
Aluminum foil
Plastic wrap
Egg cartons
Felt
Styrofoam
Craft sticks
Paints
Boxes
Any other arts & crafts materials you can find.

Here’s The Plan:

Work with other students in a group or team and draw the rooms in a home. Be sure to make your design large enough to fill a piece of poster board.
Using your imagination, think about the type of modern energy-efficient electric technologies you’d like to have in your home and make a list for each room (hint: see your “hunt list”).
Now, using the arts & crafts materials, build your electric technologies and place them in the rooms in your energy-efficient home.

Check It Out:

Compare your group’s home with that of your neighbors.
Try to figure out which home would be the most energy efficient.
Which group had the most unusual technologies?
Which home would you like to live in? Why?