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What's the Deal With Fossil Fuels?
Duration: 4 minutes
Grade Levels: 6-10
Most energy in the US is produced by coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Petroleum is also made into everyday items, from toothpaste to laptops. If fossil fuels are important to us, what's the problem?
Grade Levels: 6-10
Duration: 4 minutes
Concepts/Skills: Fossil fuels, energy, sustainability, greenhouse gasses
Climate Standards Connections
| Next Generation Science Standards | ||
| Grade | Performance Expectation | Description |
| 6-8 | MS-PS1-1 | Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures. |
| Climate Change Connections | greenhouse gases fossil fuels | |
| Clarification Statement & Assessment Boundary | Emphasis is on developing models of molecules that vary in complexity. Examples of simple molecules could include ammonia and methanol. Examples of extended structures could include sodium chloride or diamonds. Examples of molecular-level models could include drawings, 3D ball and stick structures, or computer representations showing different molecules with different types of atoms. Assessment does not include valence electrons and bonding energy, discussing the ionic nature of subunits of complex structures, or a complete depiction of all individual atoms in a complex molecule or extended structure. | |