Day 2: How are fossil fuels formed? 

Day 3: What are the different types of fossil fuels we use? 

Day 4: What impact do fossil fuels have on the environment?

Day 5: What are the alternatives to using fossil fuels? (research and create ideal community

The lesson for day one will be an introduction lesson of the basics of what fossil fuels are. The students will be informed on what we use them for and why. The students will be given some information and then participate by guessing what they use that comes from fossil fuels. I will give them hints and help them guess. They will also discuss and ask why they think we use them so often. I will provide them with the knowledge if they do not discover on their own during the discussion. This will give them all the basic information they need to know for the following lessons which we will get more in depth.

Article: Types of Fossil Fuels and Their Uses

Audience: For both teachers and students

Annotation: This is a website with many informational blogs on it ranging anywhere from environmental issues to human health. This specific blog was found in the students and science category. This blog is perfect for researching in 5^th grade to plan out what specific content a teacher would want to remember to teach or if a student is researching there is a lot of good information on the blog. 

 

 

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rt9d_0nlwI

Video: Fossil Fuels by Bozeman Science

Audience: For both teachers and students

Annotation: This YouTube video is a great resource to look back on and learn about the process of how fossil fuels are made. It also covers the different types and their advantages and disadvantages. I recommend this video as it goes into detail on each subject but at the same time uses simple vocabulary that a student can understand.

 

 

URL: https://educators.brainpop.com/lesson-plan/alternative-energy-sources-lesson-plan-fossil-fuels-impact-environment/?bp-topic=fossil-fuels

Lesson: Alternative Energy Sources Lesson Plan: Fossil Fuels’ Impact on the Environment 

Audience: Teachers

Annotation: I really enjoyed this lesson plan from brainpop because it kind of does a bit of everything in one lesson when looking at fossil fuels. The lesson includes resources such as a video a few times throughout that are used from the brainpop website. There are also short quizzes and times for students to create their own work such as a brochure and list.

 

 

URL: http://www.abc.net.au/btn/resources/teacher/episode/20150616-fossilfuels.pdf

Lesson: Fossil Fuels Class Debate

Audience: Teachers

Annotation: This lesson was really enticing to me as I was planning on doing similar before I saw it. The lesson starts with the students research the benefits and consequences of renewable and nonrenewable resources. They would then split up in the two halves and have conduct a debate on whether the human race should continue to do what they are doing or to switch completely to non-renewable. After the debate, they would write a reflection on if they thought they won and if they were able to convince their competitor towards their way.

 

URL: http://www.teachertube.com/video/fossil-fuels-with-bill-nye-77641

Video: Fossil Fuels with Bill Nye

Audience: Both teachers and students

Annotation: I grew up watching Bill Nye in elementary school and loved it. I know the kids now a day don’t watch it as much but when they do it is still adored and kids are glues to the screen. This video is beneficial because it goes into depth of something that isn’t talked about as much in other resources. The main idea of the video is how we actually get into the spots where fossil fuels are abundant and different ways of extracting them. 

 

 

URL: http://www.ucsusa.org/clean-energy/coal-and-other-fossil-fuels#.WOr1slKZNE4

Article: Coal and Other Fossil Fuels: The use of fossil fuels has significant consequences

Audience: Both teachers and students

Annotation: This website is run by an association called Union of Concerned Scientists. The title gives you a good idea of what the article is about. It has the three main fossil fuels and gives a brief description of each. The thing that is really great about it is that for each category, there are links to learn more or find out solutions or assessments on the over reliance. It is a website with a broad spectrum and great for research.

 

 

URL: https://www.calacademy.org/educators/lesson-plans/fossil-fuels-chocolate-chip-mining

Lesson: Fossil Fuels: Chocolate Chip Mining

Audience: Teachers

Annotation: This lesson plan was one of my favorite because of the powerful message that it had and it was so simple that you only had to use cookies! The students are each given a chocolate chip cookie which represents the bedrock and the chips are the coals. They are given a tooth pick and have to mine the chips out with them. The students will then see the destruction of the cookie when they are finished which represents the real world.

 

 

URL: https://climatekids.nasa.gov/ocean/

Video: How does the Ocean Soak Up Energy

Audience: Both teachers and students

Annotation: This video was really cool and different than others that you will find. It talks about global warming from fossil fuels and how the oceans are absorbing most of the heat. They do a cool experiment that you could use in your own classroom with the right safety and equipment. They put a lighter up to an air-filled balloon and it pops instantly. They then put a lighter up to a water balloon and watch it as it doesn’t pop because the water is absorbing the heat. This is something that the students would be fascinated by.

 

 

URL: http://instituteforenergyresearch.org/topics/encyclopedia/fossil-fuels/

Article: Fossil Fuels Today: Oil, By the Barrel

Audience: Both teachers and students

Annotation: This article is really cool because it shows you a lot about how much we actually use when it comes to fossil fuels. We all know that it is a lot but this provides us with charts with numbers and amounts to get a real perspective on how much were using. We can see what things use the most amount of energy in our lives, where they are being used the most, the amount compared to other resources and much more than that. It really puts things into perspective when comparing to others.

 

 

URL: http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/schools/infinitepower/docs/Finding_Energy.pdf

Lesson: Finding Energy in Your School and Home

Audience: Teachers

Annotation: This lesson was really cool because it is more of a personal research project over a week span. Students are first taught about the different things that use energy on the first day. They will then be provided with a list and add to the list of things at their own home. They then take interviews of various people. They will also compare and contrast the amount of energy used in their house to another classmate’s house. The final day, which I really liked was an assignment for them to imagine a day without energy.

URL: http://gizmodo.com/22-amazing-renewable-energy-projects-that-pave-the-way-1762021945

Article: 22 Amazing Renewable Energy Projects That Pave the Way to a Cleaner Future

Audience: Both teachers and students

Annotation: In this resource, there are many ways shown to improve the way we use our resources. A lot of examples are shown such as large number of solar panels in the areas around Arizona with a lot of sunshine. The use of hydro power is also common along with wind power in areas with great amounts of wind and wind speeds onshore and offshore. There so many different cool examples and idea that we can continue to add to the world to make it a cleaner place. 

 

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvzF7mpm14s

Video: Fossil Fuels and Effects

Audience: Both teachers and students

Annotation: This is a short video to basically tell you about the effects of fossil fuels on the earth. The main focus is on global warming and the heating of our atmosphere. It tells you how we fossil fuels are doing this and the reason why. It then shows ways that we can improve our footprint by giving advice for things you can do to be a better person to the earth.

 

URL: http://ed.ted.com/featured/Xg3khf2p

Video: 300 years of fossil fuels in 300 seconds

Audience: Both teachers and students

Annotation: This video is really cool as it shows a quick summary of how the people of earth started using fossil fuels. It explains how it began being used and how they have been evolved over the years. Problems are also shown and there are examples of how we tried to solve those problems themselves. It is neat as it shows how much worse and worse things are getting as we add more things to the piles. There are a lot of problems and they tell us how we need to change our ways by giving some examples to not let this continue to be a problem. 

 

URL: http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/14673/A-New-Method-for-Calculating-the-Potential-of-Renewable-Resources.aspx

Article: A new method for calculating the potential of renewable resources

Audience: Both teachers and students

Annotation: This resource was really interesting to see what people in the universities are researching and doing about the development of renewable resources. They have come up with a way to calculate the best potential for wind energy depending on what area you are in and the past amount of winds that have been recorded. IT has a lot of potentials such as fuel, heat, electrical and resource saving potential to improve things. 

 

URL: https://www.education.com/lesson-plan/renewable-and-non-renewable-energy/

Lesson: Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy

Audience: Teachers

Annotation: In this lesson, the teacher will tell and explain the differences between renewable and non-renewable resources. They will start by shutting off the lights and demonstrating how we need energy in our lives in order function at times. The students will then pair up and be given some resources and will have to decide which one it is. The teacher will help them and explain at the end. The students will then work on a worksheet that is similar to the activity and explain why reach resource is renewable or non-renewable.