Connected to the Grid

On Thursday, March 29th Change is Simple visited our classroom to teach us about electricity.  We learned that electricity often comes from power plants which burn coal, natural gas, or oil (fossil fuels).  We also learned that power plants produce pollution so it is important for us to use electricity wisely and not waste electricity because pollution is often a by-product of energy production.

We also learned that different types of light bulbs use different amounts of energy.  For example, students were shown an incandescent light bulb that uses 60 watts of electricity and an LED light bulb that only uses 11 watts of energy, a savings of 49 watts.