Renewable Energy Sources
1. The Question
Which renewable resource would best replace the reliance on fossil fuels here in the United States and why is it the best choice?
2. The Information Sources
Types of Renewable Resources
Advantages and Disadvantages
- Student Activity
You will investigate the websites above to learn about the different types of renewable resources and what the advantages and disadvantages are of each. You will use the chart below to organize the information that you find. Try to list at least three advantages and three disadvantages for each resource.
Resource / Advantages / Disadvantages- The Assessment Activity
Now that you have information about renewable resources, you must decide which is the best source and create a Power Point presentation and persuasive paragraph encouraging the public to use the renewable resource you think if the best. Your presentation and paragraph should highlight the advantages of your resource and try to highlight disadvantages of the others. The Power Point should be between five and nine slides. It should include pictures and animations. Remember: you want to persuade people to share your opinion. You will also turn in a paragraph citing your opinion and argument.
Rubrics:
Requirements for Power Point / Possible Points / Your Points5-9 slides / 10
Has a least three advantages / 20
Shows disadvantages of at least three other resources / 20
Has pictures / 10
Has animation / 10
Presentation is persuasive not just factual / 20
Grammar and Spelling error free / 10
Total
/ 100Requirements for Paragraph / Possible Points / Your Points
5-7 sentences / 10
Topic sentence / 20
Detail sentences give reasons for using resource / 30
Paragraph is persuasive / 20
Grammar and Spelling error free / 20
Total
/ 100- Teacher Resources
SOLs:
Virginia Sixth Grade Science 6.2d
Students will analyze the advantages and disadvantages of using various energy sources.
Goals:
Students will use Power Point to display a presentation about a renewable resource.
Students will develop an opinion of the renewable resources and use data to support their opinion.
Students will write a persuasive paragraph articulating their opinion and the reasons for it.
Objectives:
Students will analyze different renewable resources and determine their advantages and disadvantages.
Students will evaluate the different resources and determine which resource they feel is the best and create a persuasive presentation and paragraph about that resource.
Strategies:
Students do their own research on the resources rather than the teacher providing the advantages and disadvantages.
Teacher provides a rubric for presentation and paragraph so students know what is expected of them.
Teacher has given many different sources so that students have more than one source to read about the different advantages and disadvantages.