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Article 5: Energy Sources Evolve Word Count: 188 Vocabulary: N/A High Impact Teaching Strategies: Collaborative Learning, Questioning, Setting Goals Lesson Plan: 1. Place students in groups of three. Explain to the groups that you will be first reading the article “The Nuclear Age” as a class. Then, after the first read, the second reading will be jigsawed. Explain that a jigsaw is a strategy that allows group members to specialize or focus on one topic. 2. Ask students to number the paragraphs. (There are three paragraphs in this article.) 3. Read the article to the class. 4. Then, show students the video “Energy in the United States Intro.” 5. Next, jigsaw the second reading, assigning one paragraph to each of the group members. 6. Explain that each paragraph has focus questions that will help students focus on the information they will be reading in their assigned paragraph. a. Paragraph 1 Focus Question: How is electricity created and delivered with nuclear power? b. Paragraph 2 Focus Question: How do wind and solar deliver energy? c. Paragraph 3 Focus Question: How are fiber optics used? 7. Give students time to reread their paragraphs and harvest the information needed to respond to the text-based questions. Ask students to respond to their questions in complete sentences. 8. After all students have responded to their text-based questions, have each group member read their question and their response. 9. Once groups have finished their task, pass out a piece of poster paper. Ask students to write a collaborative paragraph as a group, using the responses to the text-based questions that answer the collective question: What forms of energy do communities use today? When finished, have each group read their collaborative paragraph out loud to the whole class. 10.Use the collaborative paragraphs to check for students’ understanding. Article Assessment Questions: 1. When was nuclear power first used?
a. 1820s b. 1880s c. 1940s d. 1960s 2. What tool turns sunlight into electricity?
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