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