This fully resourced lesson for middle school tells the whole story of fossil fuels from their formation to their role in global warming, how a fossil fuel power plant works, then finishes with an explanation of the electricity grid. The aim is, not only to equip students to answer test questions, but explains the science to enable them to understand, and think about, reports they see in the media about global warming and why the world is trying to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. It explain