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Sustainability Lesson Clearinghouse
Renewable Energy Sentences
Lesson Description:
Students will be able to...
Students will be able to...- Differentiate between renewable and non-renewable energy sources.
- Identify the basic parts of speech.
- Recognize the subject-predicate relationship in sentences.
- Write in complete sentences using correct mechanics (end marks, commas for series, capitalization), usage (subject and verb agreement in a simple sentence), and sentence structure (elimination of fragments).
Lesson Type:
- Other
Sustainability Topic:
- Energy
GEF Program Category:
- Green Energy Challenge
Time Needed:
40 minutes
40 minutes
Standards Addressed:
Technology Standard 6: Understand the nature and uses of different forms of technology
Geography Standard 16: Understand the changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution and importance of resources
Language Arts Standard 3: Use grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions
Technology Standard 6: Understand the nature and uses of different forms of technology
- Benchmark # 3: Know that different types of energy (e.g., solar, fossil fuels) have different advantages and disadvantages (e.g., solar energy is a cleaner source of energy than fossil fuels, but currently is more expensive)
Geography Standard 16: Understand the changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution and importance of resources
- Benchmark # 1: know the characteristics and uses of renewable resources (e.g., water, wind, timber) and non-renewable resources (e.g., fossil fuels)
Language Arts Standard 3: Use grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions
- Benchmark # 3: use nouns in written compositions (e.g., use plural and singular naming words, use nouns as subjects)
- Benchmark # 4: use verbs in written compositions (e.g., use a variety of action verbs, verbs that agree with the subject)
- Benchmark # 9: use conventions of spelling in written compositions
- Benchmark # 10: use conventions of capitalization in written compositions
- Benchmark # 11: use conventions of punctuation in written compositions
Materials Needed:
- Renewable Energy Word Bank and Sentence Worksheet (included below)
- Writing utensils
- Paper
- A copy of "Our Earth: Clean Energy" (Scholastic News Nonfiction) by Peggy Hock
Submitted By:
Green Education Foundation (GEF)
Green Education Foundation (GEF)
School or Group:
Green Education Foundation (GEF)
Green Education Foundation (GEF)
Contact Email:
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
Located in: Language Arts
