Energy Sources Checklist #1
Required: Switch Energy Introduction
1. Read and highlight 15 important facts!
2. Open the "Student Activity Book" and complete page 7 (Forms of Energy)
Nonrenewable v.s. Renewable
Required: Energy Pre-Quiz on Google Classroom
Required: Renewable v.s Nonrenewable Resource T-Chart and page 23 (Renewables and Non-Renewables) of your Student Activity Book.
Use the switch energy introduction and...
Go to http://www.eia.gov/kids/index.cfm, Click on “What is Energy”, and then click on “Energy Basics”.
Show Mrs. Wirsing page 23 when done
Nonrenewable Resources
OIL
Required: Watch "How Oil is Made"
Required: Watch "Oil"
Required: Oil Reading
1. Open Switch info book
2. Read Pages 20-21
3. Open your activity book and complete "petroleum section" on page 10 (Show Mrs. Wirsing when done)
Honors: http://www.eia.gov/kids/ Offshore Oil Platform Field trip. Write a paragraph in your Science Notebook (title your page) explaining what you learned to Mrs. Wirsing
Honors: Go to http://switchenergyproject.com/education/energy-lab
and watch the oil videos "Drilling for Oil", "Unconventional Sources of Oil", and "Oil and Transportation Alternatives"
Natural Gas
Required: Watch "What is Natural Gas"
Required: Watch "Natural Gas 101"
Required: Watch "Uses of Natural Gas"
Required: Natural Gas Reading
1. Open Switch info book (on eBackpack)
2. Read Pages 18-19
3. Open your activity book and complete "natural gas section" on page 10 (Show Mrs. Wirsing when done)
Fracking
Required: Go to: http://www.switchenergyproject.com/education/energy-lab
Watch the three videos on fracking. In your science journal, please title your new page, record the benefits and drawbacks of fracking. Then describe your position (are your for or against) on fracking. Share with Mrs. Wirsing when finished
Coal
Required: Watch "What is Coal"
Honors: Watch "Clean Coal"
Required: Coal Reading
1. Open Switch info book
2. Read Pages 12-13
3. Open your activity book and complete "coal section" on page 8 (Show Mrs. Wirsing when done)
Honors: Select one of the coal field trips from THIS LINK. Write a paragraph in your Science Notebook explaining what you learned to Mrs. Wirsing
Review for summative:
For the summative you are responsible for all content from required assignments.
1. Complete the Coal, Petroleum or Natural Gas Crossword puzzle in your Student Activity Book and show it to Mrs. Wirsing.
2. Complete the STUDY GUIDE on eBackpack.
3. You should also be able to describe how fossil fuels are formed, recovered, and used.
1. Read and highlight 15 important facts!
2. Open the "Student Activity Book" and complete page 7 (Forms of Energy)
Nonrenewable v.s. Renewable
Required: Energy Pre-Quiz on Google Classroom
Required: Renewable v.s Nonrenewable Resource T-Chart and page 23 (Renewables and Non-Renewables) of your Student Activity Book.
Use the switch energy introduction and...
Go to http://www.eia.gov/kids/index.cfm, Click on “What is Energy”, and then click on “Energy Basics”.
Show Mrs. Wirsing page 23 when done
Nonrenewable Resources
OIL
Required: Watch "How Oil is Made"
Required: Watch "Oil"
Required: Oil Reading
1. Open Switch info book
2. Read Pages 20-21
3. Open your activity book and complete "petroleum section" on page 10 (Show Mrs. Wirsing when done)
Honors: http://www.eia.gov/kids/ Offshore Oil Platform Field trip. Write a paragraph in your Science Notebook (title your page) explaining what you learned to Mrs. Wirsing
Honors: Go to http://switchenergyproject.com/education/energy-lab
and watch the oil videos "Drilling for Oil", "Unconventional Sources of Oil", and "Oil and Transportation Alternatives"
Natural Gas
Required: Watch "What is Natural Gas"
Required: Watch "Natural Gas 101"
Required: Watch "Uses of Natural Gas"
Required: Natural Gas Reading
1. Open Switch info book (on eBackpack)
2. Read Pages 18-19
3. Open your activity book and complete "natural gas section" on page 10 (Show Mrs. Wirsing when done)
Fracking
Required: Go to: http://www.switchenergyproject.com/education/energy-lab
Watch the three videos on fracking. In your science journal, please title your new page, record the benefits and drawbacks of fracking. Then describe your position (are your for or against) on fracking. Share with Mrs. Wirsing when finished
Coal
Required: Watch "What is Coal"
Honors: Watch "Clean Coal"
Required: Coal Reading
1. Open Switch info book
2. Read Pages 12-13
3. Open your activity book and complete "coal section" on page 8 (Show Mrs. Wirsing when done)
Honors: Select one of the coal field trips from THIS LINK. Write a paragraph in your Science Notebook explaining what you learned to Mrs. Wirsing
Review for summative:
For the summative you are responsible for all content from required assignments.
1. Complete the Coal, Petroleum or Natural Gas Crossword puzzle in your Student Activity Book and show it to Mrs. Wirsing.
2. Complete the STUDY GUIDE on eBackpack.
3. You should also be able to describe how fossil fuels are formed, recovered, and used.