LESSONPLANTEMPLATE

YourName:RyanCooney
TitleofLesson:FossilFuelsImpactontheEnvironment
Grade:8
STANDARDS
NOTE:Pleaselistatleasttwocompletestandardsyourlessonplancovers.[CommonCoreStateStandards
(mathandlanguagearts),NextGenerationScienceStandards(science),ArizonaStateSocialStudies
Standards(socialstudies)].
CCSS.ELALiteracy.WHST.68.8
Gatherrelevantinformationfrommultipleprintanddigitalsources,usingsearchtermseffectively;assessthe
credibilityandaccuracyofeachsource;andquoteorparaphrasethedataandconclusionsofotherswhile
avoidingplagiarismandfollowingastandardformatforcitation.

Research Skills for History

PO 1. Construct charts, graphs, and narratives using historical data.

LESSONSUMMARY/OVERVIEW
Provideanoverview/synopsisofthelessonandthetopicsthatitwillcover.Makesuretoprovideareason
whyyouselectedthistoberelevantforaunitonsustainability?
Inthislessonstudentswillbeabletounderstandthekeyconceptsofenergyandhowwehaveusedfossilfuels
onourEarth.Thislessonwillcoverhowhumansuseenergyinoureverydaylife,thisincludesnaturalenergy
producedbyourbodiesandenergyproducedbyfossilfuels.Thislessonwillalsocoverhowfossilfuelswere
created,howtheyareusedtoday,andthenegativeimpactsithasonourworld.Thelessonwillalsoinclude
FuturesThinkingbyshowinghowtheactionswedotodayhavearippleaffectonfuturegenerations.The
studentswillalsohavetocomeupwithonealternativeenergysourcethatismorebeneficialtoourworld
thanfossilfuels.Thislessonisimportanttosustainabilitybecauseitshowsthestudentshowfossilfuelshave
beensuchakeyfactorofourworldtodaybuthowitneedstochangesothatfuturegenerationscanhavea
betterworld.Studentsneedtostartthinkingabouthoweveryimpactthattheydotodayhasanaffectfor
generationsdowntheroad.Ifyoucanchangethemindsetofstudentsnow,itwillhavenothingbutpositive
affectsforfuturegenerations.OurEarthisanamazingplace,butifwedonotchangeourwaysnowIam
afraidtoseewhattheearthwouldlooklikeinahundredyears.

OBJECTIVES
Describewhatyouwantstudentstoknow/beabletodoasaresultofthelesson.
Forexample,Studentswillbeableto
Theobjectiveofthislessonistointroducetostudentshowenergyisprevalentineverythingonourearthand
theaffectsithas.

Studentswillbeabletodescribehumansactivitieswedothatusesenergy.
Studentswillbeabletonamedifferenttypesoffossilfuels.
Studentswillbeabletodescribehowfossilfuelswerecreatedonthisplanet.
Studentswillbeabletounderstanddifferentthingsweuseinoureverydaylivesthatrunonfossilfuels.
StudentswillbeabletodescribethenegativeimpactsfossilfuelshavehadonourEarth.

 Students will beabletouseFutures Thinkingto explain theimpacts oftheir actionstodayon future

generations.

Studentswillbeabletocreateabrochurebygatheringinformationfrommultipleprintordigitalsources.
Studentswillbeabletocreategraphs/chartsontheinformationgatheredfromtheirresearch.
Studentswillbeabletoresearchandwriteaboutanalternativeenergysourcethatisbetterthanfossil
fuels.

ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION
Whatmeasureswillyouusetoknowifyoustudentsmettheobjectives?
Thestudentswillcreateabrochureaboutfossilfuels.Thestudentsshouldincludeinformationabouthow
fossilfuelswerecreated,howtheyareusedinourworldtoday,andthenegativeaffectsithas.Thestudents
willneedtoincludeagraph/chartabouttheimpactfossilfuelshashadonourearthandhowitwillaffect
futuregenerations.Thebrochureshouldlookprofessionalwithnospellingorgrammaticalerrors.
PREREQUISITEKNOWLEDGE
Whatwillstudentsneedtoknowpriortocompletingthislessonandhowwillyouaccesstheirprior
knowledge?
Studentswillneedtoknowhowourworldrunstoday.Forexample,mostlyeverythinginourworldtoday
runsonenergy.Studentswillneedtounderstandthateverythingthattheyplugintoawall,everythingthey
useintheireverydaylife,andeverythingtheydorequiresaformofenergy.Theteacherwillbeabletoaccess
thestudentspriorknowledgeonthisbyaskingiftheyknowwhatenergyisandhowitisusedinourworld.
Theteacherwilllistentothestudentsresponses,dependingontheiranswerstheteachercangointogreater
detailaboutenergyorgostraightintothelesson.

MATERIALS

Listofrequiredmaterials:
Computer
Pencils
Pens
Paper
Notebooks
Textbooks
Printer
VOCABULARY/KEYWORDS

Listofkeyvocabularyterms:
FossilFuels
Energy
Brochure
FuturesThinking
GlobalWarming
Impact

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TEACHINGPROCEDURES
ProceduralSteps(Stepbystepinstructionsforteachingthelesson):
Theteacherwillstarttheclassoffbyaddressingthestudentsallaboutwhattheywillbedoingtodayinclass.
TodayclasswewillbelearningaboutenergyandtheaffectsithasonourEarth.saidtheteacher.The
teacherwillgoontodiscusshowthroughoutthelessontheywillbelearningaboutwhatexactlyenergyisand
howitiscreated.Theteacherwillgaintheinterestofthestudentsbydiscussinghowhumansuseenergyin
theireverydaylives.Soclass,whataresomeexamplesofenergythatyoucanthinkof?theteacherasksthe
students.Theteacherwillwaitforthestudentstorespond.Aftertheclassisdonediscussingtheteacherwill
describewhatenergyis.Energycanbedescriedassimplytheabilitytodowork.Thiscanberelatedtohow
humansneedenergytodoeverydayactivitiestohowmachinesneedenergytorun.Theteacherwillaskthe
classtosharesomeeverydayactivitiesthatthestudentsdothatneedsenergy.Afterdiscussingwiththeclass
theteacherwillbringupadifferentformofenergy,fossilfuels.Theteacherwillgoonandexplainwhere
fossilfuelscomefrom,howtheyareusedtoday,andwhatnegativeimpactsithasonourEarth.Theteacher
willaskthestudentswhyfossilenergyissoimportantinourlivestoday.Thestudentsshouldbeableto
answerthisquestionusingpreviousknowledgeabouthowenergyisusedinourworld.Aftertheclass
discusestheimportancethefossilfuels,theteacherwillgointodetailabouthowfossilfuelshavesucha
negativeimpactonourEarth.Someexamplestheteachercanuseistheimpactonglobalwarming,air
pollution,andevenwaterandlandpollution.TheteacherwillthenaskthequestionHowdoallofthese
negativeimpactsaffectfuturegenerationstocome.Thestudentswilldiscusstheproblemfossilfuelshaveon
futuregenerationsinaclassdiscussion.ThispromotestheideaofFuturesThinking,itallowsthestudentsto
notjustthinkaboutthemselvesintheireverydaylivesbutthepeopleoffuturegenerations.Theteacherwill
explainhoweveryactionyoudoinourworldtodayhasarippleaffectforgenerationsdowntheroad.The
teacherdescribehowtherecanbenegativeactionsandpositiveactionsforthefuture.Onemajornegative
actionistheuseoffossilfuelsandonemajorpositiveactionistheuseofrecycling.Iftheteachercanchange
themindsetoftheirstudentstothinkaboutthefutureinsteadofthenow,itcanhaveahugepositiveaffecton
generationstocome.Aftertheteacherfinishesteachingthelessonaboutfossilfuelsshe/hewillinstructto
workontheiractivity.Theiractivityistocompleteabrochureaboutfossilfuelsandtheaffectithasonour
Earth.Whilethestudentsareworkingontheirbrochuretheteacherwillbewalkingaroundtheclassroomto
makesurethestudentsarestayingontrack.Theteacherwillalsobeavailabletoansweranyquestionsthat
thestudentsmayhave.

RESOURCES
Listanyreferencesyouusedtocreatethislesson.Ifyouborrowedideasfromanylessonplanspleasenote
themhere.UseAPAformat.

FossilFuelsImportanceandFormation.(n.d.).RetrievedApril29,2015,from
http://www.coaleducation.org/lessons/middle/import.pdf
WAYSOFTHINKINGCONNECTION
Provideacompleteexplanationofhowyourlessonplanconnectstofutures,system,strategic,orvalues
thinking.Definethewayofthinkingyouselectedandusedinthislessonplan.Remember,thisshouldbe
includedmeaningfullyinthelessonplan.

Mylessonconnectsfuturesthinkingandvaluesthinkinginthewayofhavingthechildrenthinkabouthow
theiractionstheytaketodayhaveanaffectongenerationsdowntheroad.Throughoutthelessonthestudents
willlearnaboutfossilfuelsandtheimpactsithasonourworld.Thiswillallowthechildrentobecomemore
awareoftheproblemsprevalentinourworldtoday.Ifstudentscanbeeducatedatayoungageabout
sustainabilityitwillhavenothingofpositiveaffectsinourfuture.Thesechildrenwillbeabletogrowupwith
asustainabilitymindsetintheireverydaylives,theywillgoonandbeabletoteachthesevaluestoanyone
theyencounter.ThemoreweteachtheseyoungergenerationsaboutsustainabilitythebetterourEarthwill
beforfuturegenerations.Thisalsoconnectstovaluesthinkingbecausetheyarethinkingaboutnotjust
themselvesbutpeopleonourEarthwhohaven'tevenbeenbornyet.Ifstudentscanexaminetheeffectsour
valueshaveonourdecisionstoday,theycanslowlystarttochangeourworld.Peopleoftendonotthinkabout
theirvaluesintheireverydaylives,butifwestarttoeducatestudentsaboutsustainabilitynowmaybeone
daytheywillstarttoseevalueineverythingwedo.Mylessonisaprimaryexampleofhowtointertwine
sustainabilitywithanybasicsubject.