Positives

• This resource allows students to explore some renewable energy sources like solar, wind, hydropower, and biomass.

Additional Prerequisites

• The accompanying resources include a student exploration sheet, answer key, teacher guide, and vocabulary sheet.
• To access the interactive media for more than 5 minutes a day, teachers must create a Gizmo account. The free trial period is currently 30 days.
• The student activity and vocabulary sheets are available without signing up, however, the teacher guide and answer key are only available with a subscription.

Differentiation

• If students do not have access to devices, teachers can use this resource as a demonstration and work through the activity as a class.
• If students have access to devices, this resource can be used as an independent or small group classroom activity, or as a homework assignment.
• This resource can be used in physical science, Earth science, or life science classes when learning about energy sources, energy conversion, renewable energy, and the interactions between living and non-living systems.