Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy - Natural Resources and Environment

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Learning Objective
Students will explore and understand fossil fuels and how they impact the environment.
Description
Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy Unit: Students will learn about fossil fuels and why they are not renewable. They will learn about renewable and nonrenewable energy sources. They will learn that using fossil fuels affects the environment. This is great for Earth Day or Environmental Science.
This resource includes
- seven pages of nonfiction text
- response pages
- text-dependent questions
- answer keys
- interactive notebook flaps
- a sorting activity
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This is a great resource!!! My students were so interested in this, and were able to use some of the renewable energy ideas they learned about when working on another project in class. It also aligned well to CCSS. Looking forward to using this again. :)
This resource is designed to meet the NGSS Earth and Human Activity standard for 4th-grade NGSS 4-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and how their uses affect the environment.
If you are looking to give your students reading comprehension passages and questions, this is a great resource! The reading passages have an environmental and science theme.
Science Concepts Addressed:
Fossil Fuels
Fossil Fuels and Their Impact on Our Environment
How Fossil Fuels are Formed
Renewable Energy Sources
Nonrenewable Energy Sources
Advantages and Disadvantages of Renewable Energy Sources
The Carbon Cycle
The Greenhouse Effect
Climate Change
Global Warming
Air Pollution
Wind Power
Hydro-Electric Power
Geothermal Power
Wave Energy
Biofuels
Clean air
Clean fuel
Environment
Earth Day
This resource includes
- seven pages of nonfiction text
- response pages
- text-dependent questions
- answer keys
- interactive notebook flaps
- a sorting activity
This resource has more than a week’s worth of material. Students will learn about where fossil fuels come from, how long they take to form, and how using them affects our environment.
It is a close reading activity with seven pages of nonfiction text. This resource is also aligned with CCSS for Reading Informational Text for 4th grade
This is a printable unit. If you are looking for an online unit on the same topic see Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy
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By Lynda R. Williams
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