Home Energy Survey Project
Due Date
May 21B day
May 22 A day
Room-by-Room Survey
Make a room-by-room list of electrical household appliances
Be specific even things that are currently not plugged in
Not Lights EVERYTHING!! Inside the
house do not include porch, outside shed, pool area etc.
Should be about 30-50 items
Kitchen
-fridge
-Toaster
Living RoomTv
GarageWater heater
Lawn blower
Bedroom 1
Ps3
Laptop
Floor Plan Drawing
Floor Plan
Label all the electrical products on the floor plan.
SURVEY TIME!
Survey 10 ppl (min. 3 must be over the age of 50) Over the age of 25 (aunts, uncles, older cousins,
neighbors, friends etc) Make copies of your list & have them highlight/circle
how many they had when they were growing up. Be creative/ take pictures Create Chart
SURVEY ANALYSIS
Answer the Following questions briefly
How many males and females were surveyed?
What was the average age of your surveyed group?
What did the findings show? Explain how you feel about
these findings? What was something you were
surprised to find out?
Explain how your list will differ from your children?
What similarities and differences did you find in your survey?
Survey Sample
Name Relationship to you (family, friend, neighbor)
Age25-30, 30-40, 40-50
How many appliances that you currently have did they have when they were your age?
10 “essential” items
Make a list of 10 “essential” items that you would keep and WHY THOSE? 1 paragraph each. (5 sentences minimum)
Write a report on ways in which you could save energy while continuing to use these "necessities" of modern life.
3 paragraphs- 5- 7 sentences each double spaced Font 12
GRADES
List of all Energy Appliances ( 1 grade)Floor Plan (1 Grade)Survey’s w/ Chart (1 grade)10 essential items report (1 grade)Essay (1 grade)Presentation 1 grade
GRADING RUBRIC FOR PROJECT
List of appliances (10 pts)Included all appliances
Floor plan (30 pts)Very detailed included all appliances
Survey (15 pts)Has all survey materials conducted
Results of survey (15 pts)Created the chart and is completed
10 essential items (10 pts)Complied a list of top 10 essentials and why? 1 paragraph each
Creativity/Neatness (15 pts)Has color, neat, pictures included, typed,
ESSAY GRADING RUBRIC
Introduction
Body with 3 main ideas
Conclusion
Makes sense
Flows
Project GRADING RUBRIC
MUST INCLUDE & Label Survey Results chart Floor Plan Drawing List 10 “essential” electrical appliances List of ALL electrical appliances
PRESENTATION GRADE
Oral Presentation in class Video Presentation ( Tell me in advance) Powerpoint
Looking for Creativity, knowledge of information, lively, and well
spoken
Be ready to answer questions about project what did the results of the survey show?
WHEN YOU TURN IN YOUR PROJECT
I need the Report with name, date, period I need the Essay & surveys together stapled
with Cover page.
START YOUR LIST
Common Household Electric Appliances
Air conditioner –window unit –whole house Answering machine Can opener Clothes dryer Clothes washer Coffee maker Computer –CPU –Monitor –Laptop Dehumidifier Dishwasher Electric blanket Electric toothbrush
•Fan •–ceiling •–window •–whole house •Fax machine •Hair dryer •Heater (portable) •Iron •Leaf/snow blower •Microwave oven •Oven •Power saw •Radio/stereo •Range •Refrigerator •Television •Toaster •Toaster oven •Vacuum cleaner •VCR/DVD player