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Climate Change Resilience: Preparing for Power Loss
Provided by: American Museum of Natural History |Published on: April 27, 2021
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Synopsis
- This short video highlights a no-energy solution to indoor lighting in Rockaway, New York, where businesses and homes were impacted by Superstorm Sandy.
- Students will learn about "day-lighting," a creative solution that uses reflected sunlight during the day to light buildings, which creates less strain on the power grid and provides more security during power outages.
Subjects: Physics, Engineering
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Region: North America, USA - Northeast, United States, New York, New York City
Languages: English
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Positives
- This video is short and sweet, giving a good example of how engineering can help us adapt as the world faces more frequent and intense storms, more heat waves, and the potential loss of electricity associated with those events.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should know something about electricity, power grids, and blackouts.
- Students should be familiar with Superstorm Sandy.
Differentiation
- Science, and physics classes could use this video when discussing the properties of light, reflection, and refraction.
- This video can help spur student ideas for helping us mitigate and adapt to climate change without using complicated new technologies.
- Other similar resources include this other video by the AMNH and this interactive resource about electricity use in households.
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American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions. Since its founding in 1869, the Museum has advanced its global mission to discover, interpret, and disseminate information about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe through a wide-ranging program of scientific research, education, and exhibition.
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