Renewable Clean Energy & Fossil Fuel Alternatives Activity Kit Print & Digital

Explore the urgent-yet-hopeful transition from nonrenewable fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy like solar, wind, hydro, and biomass power.

This 4-activity, week-long kit that's perfect for any Human Geography, Current Global Issues, or Environmental Science course.

All student materials come in both print PDF and editable digital Google files.

This kit's routinely revised to keep up-to-date with the most current statistics, data, displays, and outside sources. You'll have free access to all future updates. It was last updated in 2023.

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Greatness is finding solutions out of scarcity and necessity.

Guide your students through a variety of rich sources (from videos and documentaries to interactive online tools) as they grapple with the hopeful question: “What will power the future?”

Teacher Materials

• Activities overview and detailed daily lesson plans
• Lesson takeaways and planning tips
• Answer keys
• Quick links sheet to Google versions of student activities

Student Materials & Activities

• Concept Definition Sheet record a growing understanding of the central concept renewable energy
• Pump watch this documentary on a variety of energy sources to power our cars (it's unrated and available for free streaming online)
• Alternative Options research the various clean, renewable energy sources that will power the future
• Living Off The Grid explore the lives of various households that are unplugging from the grid and reducing their carbon footprint
• Political Cartoon & News Analysis dive into related current events with two universal graphic organizers and analysis strategies

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Want to turn this into a larger unit?

Fossil Fuels & Alternative Energy: explore the nonrenewable and renewable energy sources that power our world in this 3 week unit

Interested in making this into a full course?

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• Global Priorities Research Project: a 2-option, 2-3 week capstone research project where students complete either a one-pager or research essay on the global issue they find most pressing

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