Written by Christian Cepeda. This resource was made possible through funding provided by OSSTF.
To understand efficiency and consumption, students need to have an understanding of the cost and price of electricity. Once this topic is reviewed, and relevant examples completed, students can be assessed through a consolidation activity that involves designing, research, and critical analysis. Students are tasked with designing a schematic circuit diagram of a dorm room given a set of requirements. Following this, students calculate the cost of running appliances that may be used in their dorm room. As a final part, students will use an online mapping tool to select a community in Ontario that has a higher than average home energy burden and analyse potential reasons.