Biofuels+Resources

= __**Friday**__ =

Think about what you already know about alternative energy sources. With your cooperative group, open, print and complete the first two columns of thsi K-W-L chart: K=What you already know, W=What you want to know and L=what you learned (this step will be created at the end of the project). [|KWL.pdf] = = = __**Monday**__ = = = Next, with your group, read the article Protecting Earth's Resources. [|Protecting Earth's Resources.pdf] What better way to protect our natural resources than to conserve and protect them? = = = = = __**Tuesday**__ =
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 * ===Your group has been assigned an alternative resource to investigate. You will research it using the pages provided and produce a Voki who will speak out to the community, asking them to try your alternative resource rather than our nonrenewable ones.===
 * ===To begin, you should read the article: [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png caption="external image pdf.png" link="http://agilby-science.wikispaces.com/file/view/Earth%27s+Natural+Resources.pdf"]][|Earth's Natural Resources.pdf] Pay careful attention to your assigned resource. Discuss with your group: 1) Where is this energy found? 2) How is it formed? 3) What types of energy does it produce? 4) How is it used? 5) How can you convince people in your community to try this alternative form of energy?Here's how your project will be graded: [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png caption="external image pdf.png" link="http://agilby-science.wikispaces.com/file/view/Alternative+Energy+Rubric.pdf"]][|Alternative Energy Rubric.pdf]===
 * =Use the following websites in order to add to your text research on your given alternative energy resource.=
 * Use your science journal to record essential notes about your alternative energy resource that will be used to do your final project presentation.
 * With your group come up with three questions (and answers) that community members might ask to learn about your alternative energy resource.

EIA Energy Kids - Biomass

Energyquest

[|Biofuels Information 1]

[|Biofuels Information 2]

[|Biofuels Information 3]

[|Alternative Energy]

= __Wednesday__ =


 * ===It's time to wrap up your research from Tuesday. Begin thinking about what information that you have found. What do you think is most important for other students to know about your resource? Someone in your group should organize your ideas into a speech for your Voki while others need to rehearse how to answer questions your audience might ask. You may use your notes, but you should rehearse you message many times.===

=__ Thursday __=
 * === Create your team's Voki. Your Voki and team presentation should be no more than 5-7 minutes in length including a short question and answer session. Be sure to check the script for your Voki to make sure that it completely answers the following research questions: ===
 * 1) ====Where is this energy found?====
 * 2) How is it formed?
 * 3) What types of energy does it produce?
 * 4) How is it used?
 * 5) How can you convince people in your community to try this alternative form of energy?

> = __Voki - Presentation__ =
 * === Click on this link to create your team's Voki, and then upload it onto your project page. ===

= = = __Friday__ =
 * === It's time to present. Good Luck! ===