Recommendations for Follow up
Activities for Ecocenter Tour
• Have students do research
on the Web and answer some of the
following questions:
1. Name the six alternative fuels that
exist today.
1) Propane
2) CNG
3) Bio-diesel
4) Electric
5) Ethanol
6) Hydrogen
2. Name three renewable fuels use today.
1) Solar, Wind & Geothermal which
generates Electricity
2) Bio-Diesel
3) Ethanol
3. List at least three causes of air
pollution in San Diego.
1) Mobile sources (cars)
2) Stationary sources (factories)
3) Air currents (Santa Ana condition)
4. Name some of the effective mass transit
systems around the world.
1) Trolley system, San Diego,
2) Bus system, Curitiba, Brazil
3) Train system, Europe 4) Bullet train, Japan
5) Subway systems in NY, Boston, Chicago, and Washington D.C.
6) BART, San Francisco Bay Area
5. Why is it so important that we as
Americans reduce our fossil fuels consumption?
1) Americans are 4% of the world's population
and estimates state that Americans consume between 25-65%
of the earth's resources. Americans are the #1 consumers of
fossil fuels and fossil fuels are the #1 cause of air pollution
in the world.
Additional Links
• Here are just a few websites
that we recommend:
Fuel cell reference sites
www.ecosoul.org
www.fuelcells.org
www.fuelcell.com
www.ecosoul.org/html/curriculum/hope.htm
Educational sites
www.thamesandkosmos.com
www.hydrogen2000.com
Fuel Cell Industry Associations
www.cafcp.org/resource-ctr.html
(click on How a Fuel Cell Works)
• Have students write a one-page report
about their visit to the Ecocenter. Have students include specific
ways that they can improve the air in San Diego and why it is
so important.
• Have students agree to share what
they have learned at the Ecocenter with their families at least
one other person.
• Have students draw pictures or write
letters about their experience and mail them to the Ecocenter
Tours:
Judy Bishop, ECOCENTER,
4001 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego, CA, 92105
619-243-0410, jbishop@sdecocenter.org,
www.sdecocenter.org
