Positive Energy: Investigating Alternative Energy Use in Middle Schools

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Author(s): Jamie Price (East Tennessee State University, USA), Maranda O. Abel (Vance Middle School, USA), Amanda Varney (Vance Middle School, USA)and David Wexler (Vance Middle School, USA)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 17
Source title: Handbook of Research on Science Literacy Integration in Classroom Environments
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Chih-Che Tai (East Tennessee State University, USA), Renee M. R. Moran (East Tennessee State University, USA), Laura Robertson (East Tennessee State University, USA), Karin Keith (East Tennessee State University, USA)and Huili Hong (Towson University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6364-8.ch013

Keywords: Classroom Management / Curriculum Development and Instructional Design / Education / Information Science Reference

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This chapter introduces a project-based learning lesson that integrates science, English language arts (ELA), and math through a study related to energy sources. Throughout the lesson, students are engaged in a real-world problem of determining the impact of a population on energy resources and discovering ways to build greener, more energy-efficient schools for students of the future. Within this chapter, the authors present a proposed project timeline that teachers can use for implementation within their own classrooms, including an entry event to engage students in the mission of the project. A connection between science, ELA, and math practices is addressed in order to provide students with an opportunity to understand the correlation between all three subject areas. Suggested teaching and learning tasks focused on the driving question of the project and related to all three subject areas are presented along with suggestions for a culminating product and assessment of student learning.

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