Kids versus Fossil Fuels: A Chat with a Teenage ActivistJennifer Hackett
Fossil fuelsare one of the most important sources of energy in today’s world. It is providing for almost 80% of the world’s energy needs. This huge dependency of the world on fossil fuels is very important to study because fossil fuels have a finite supply and are the unsustainable reso...
Knowledge application - use what you know to explain what is released when fossil fuels are burned Additional Learning You can learn even more about this topic when you use the lesson titled Fossil Fuel Facts: Lesson for Kids. This lesson will teach you: Where fossil fuels are found What...
This lesson plan uses active learning models to teach your students about fossil fuel. Students will read a text lesson that guides them through facts about fossil fuel, interact with content, then show what they know in a hands-on activity. ...
Health & Activity Local News Sustainable Are you ready for a transition away from fossil fuels? Are you or your town ready to live sustainably? What do local resilience, powerdown, and permaculture mean? There is a revolution afoot and it is called the Transition Town movement. The Transition...
I occasionally have to visit some low income communities (which are numerous on this island) and when I see desperately poor people with lots of little kids around, I wonder what will happen to us in a fast crash. When I see young able bodied men hanging out on streets, with no ...
For thousands of years, human and animal labor were the primary sources of power that fueled economic activity. When mechanical energy first became prevalent, windmills and water wheels provided the repetitive movement needed to power a variety of industries. While humans survived before the fossil ...
problem, citizens need to move quickly away from fossil fuels and transition to renewables. The real narrative is that we are running short of fossil fuels that can be profitably extracted, and renewables are not adequate substitutes. However, this narrative is too wo...