Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.

Students examine the gathered data, plot group graphs.

Objective: To examine the gathered data; to enhance student ability to work in groups; to graph their combined findings.

Activity: Discussion of energy checklists in small groups. Tasks for small groups:
1) On the "Energy Saver's Checklist" what is the average number of items checked in your group?
2) On "The Increasing Use of Electricity in the Home" checklist, what is the average number of items checked in your group for category C, category P, and category G?
3) What is the average of your group for item F, "The Fuel Needed to Supply Electrical Energy" on the "Electric Bill" checklist? Note: Separate the students who have electrically heated homes into a special group since they will unfairly increase group averages.
4) Plot the following graph for your group. 30 102 Average fuel 90 needed by 25 group's 80 families 70 to supply 20 electrical 60 energy 15 50 _________ 40 Group 10 Names: 30 _________ 20 _________ 5 _________ 10 _________ 0 0 C P G _________ ENERGY USE OF SAVER'S ELECTRICITY CHECKLIST
5) Post the graph in the classroom.

Assessment: Group process and completion of graphs.