Fuel Cells: Powering Our Economic Future

General Motors Foundation has partnered with Junior Achievement to bring schools a complementary program on the business and economics of the fuel cell industry to enhance social studies/economics curriculum, Fuel Cells: Powering Our Economic Future. The program targets students in grades 5-8 and is designed to enhance their social science curriculum.

Download the activities here:

• Overview
• Glossary
• Lesson 1: Are the Benefits Worth the Costs?
• Lesson 2: The World in 2025
• Lesson 3: The Road to Progress
• Lesson 4: Students Initiating Change Within a Community
• Feedback
   

Program Objectives

The Junior Achievement program will:

• Introduce students to the business and economics of fuel cells.
• Provide students with opportunities to analyze and participate in decisions revolving around the business and economics of fuel cells, considering factors such as risk, opportunity costs, and profit.
• Encourage students to evaluate the business and economics of fuel cells, including their impact on society and their effects on future employment and career opportunities.
• Provide students with an understanding of the scarcity of resources involved with energy consumption.
• Foster an understanding among students that current business decisions and practices influence the future and contribute to an economically sustainable future.

For more information on this new program enhancement, contact Cheree Correa at ccorrea@ja.org.