2.5 Renewable Responsibility
This is Lesson 5 (“Renewable Responsibility”) from the Renewable Energy unit of the National FFA Grow Your PALS mentoring program. Through a large-group, hands-on lesson with mentors, students identify five renewable energy sources (biomass, water/hydropower, geothermal, wind, and solar) and their uses, and connect each source to agriculture using interactive e-Moment strategies (Choral Response, Party Host, and Eyewitness News).
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify five sources of renewable energy and their uses.
- Match agricultural products/relationships with five renewable energy sources.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 60 minutes.
- Materials
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- PALS.5.AS.A — 1 per student
- PALS.5.TM.A — cutout
- flashlight
- markers
- scissors to cut PALS.4.TM.A into pieces
- writing surface
- Unit
- Renewable Energy
- Lesson Type
- Large Group
- Precepts
- E. Awareness — E1. Address issues important to the community; F. Continuous Improvement — F5. Acquire new knowledge
- Key Terms
- renewable (energy sources), nonrenewable (energy sources), biomass, water – hydropower, geothermal, wind, solar
- Resources
- Energy Kid's Page – Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy (www.eia.doe.gov/kids/)
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NA-T.K-4.2Acting by Assuming Roles and Interacting in Improvisations
- NS.K-4.5Science and Technology