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Brandon Flatt
Learning Target: 4-ESS3-1: I can explain that energy and fuels come from natural resources and
their use affects the environment.
Lesson Directions:
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Read the passage Clean Energy
• · Answer multiple choice questions related to the passage.
• Students will answer 4 out of 5 answers correctly for proficiency.
Sample/Example/Tip: Remember to use the text to find
evidence to support your answer!
Technology-based Alternate Assignment Options:
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View Brain Pop resource below and answer the questions after the video. (Write the 1O questions
and answers out on notebook paper and return to your teacher.)
• Students will answer 7 out of 10 answers correctly for proficiency.
For Supplemental Resources and Support:
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Brain Pop Air Pollution Video (www.brainpop.com)
To Contact School/Teacher for Support:
School Phone (9:00 AM-3:00 PM): (270) 866-6197
Teacher Email (12:00-6:00 PM): [email protected]
*Students will be contacted by a teacher on each NTI Day using the phone number
provided on the Student Data Sheet. Please ensure that any changes in phone numbers
are reported to the school throughout the year.
Reminder: Remember that these assignments are due back to the teacher within 2 school days.
ReadWorks
Non-fiction: Clean Energy
Clean Energy
Power from the Sun and Wind
Learn about Earth-friendly energy.
What do people need to light their homes and drive cars? Energy! It gives
power to many things we need and use.
Most of the energy people use comes from coal, oil, and gas. They are called
fossil fuels. Those fuels come from fossils under the ground. Fossils are
the remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.
Burning fossil fuels pollutes the air. The air becomes dirty. That can be
harmful to people, animals, and plants.
Now more people are using clean energy. Such energy does not pollute the
air. Two kinds of clean energy are wind power and solar power. Solar
means "from the sun."
Solar Power
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The sun gives Earth heat and light. Some homes have solar panels on the
roof. The panels collect sunlight and turn it into electricity. That is a kind of
energy. It lets people do many things. For example, we use electricity to light
our homes and watch television. Solar power can also be used to warm up
the water in our homes.
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Non-fiction: Clean Energy
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The Antro Solo is a solar-powered
car.
Wind Power
People can turn wind energy into electricity. Wind turbines are machines that
spin when the wind blows. They make electricity.
Wind turbines are grouped together in wind farms. Some wind farms have
hundreds of wind turbines. The Roscoe Wind Farm in Texas has 627 turbines.
They can power 230,000 homes.
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1. According to the text, where does most of the energy that people use come from?
A) the sun
B) the wind
C) plants
D) fossil fuels
2. Based on the text's description, what are two examples of clean energy?
A) fossil fuels and wind power
B) wind power and solar power
C) solar power and electricity
D) electricity and fossil fuels
3. Burning fossil fuels pollutes the air, which can be harmful to people, animals, and plants. Clean energy does not
pollute the air.
Based on this evidence, what can you conclude about clean energy?
A) Clean energy is probably better for the air, but worse for people, animals, and plants than fossil fuels.
B) Clean energy is probably better for the health of people, animals, and plants than fossil fuels.
C) Clean energy is probably more dangerous to people, animals, and plants, than burning fossil fuels.
D) Clean energy is probably worse for the air, but better for the health of people, animals, and plants than fossil
fuels.
4. What is most likely a main goal of using clean energy?
A) to create electricity without creating pollution
B) to remove pollution from the air as quickly as possible
C) to replace the sun and wind with man-made energy sources
D) to stop destroying fossils from fang ago
5. What is the main idea of this passage?
A) Most of the energy people use comes from burning fossil fuels, which pollutes the air.
B) Fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas, came from the remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.
C) More people are using clean energy like solar power and wind power, which does not pollute the air.
D) Clean energy is mainly used to create electricity, which people can use to power their homes.
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