BC Grade 5 Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources IRP:

• analyse how BC's living and non-living resources are used
• identify methods of extracting or harvesting and processing BC's resources
• analyse how the Aboriginal concept of interconnectedness of the environment is reflected in responsibility for and caretaking of resources
• describe potential environmental impacts of using BC's living and non-living resources

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Student Links

Sqworl Page of Student Links Here is a collection of student links on energy chosen from the sites below.

Research

	World Book for Kids WBFK has links for energy, nuclear energy, solar energy, fuel, fossil fuel.  Students can hear text read aloud or double-click a word to define it.  The energy page has pictures of a solar energy plant, wind turbines, and several hands-on activities listed in the sidebar on the left.  I could not find anything about hydroelectric energy in WBFK.
	Energy Kids The US Energy Administration Energy Kids site contains a great deal of information about energy including sections on renewable and nonrenewable forms of energy, electricity, and several games and activities. The Things to Do page includes a downloadable .pdf that is a scavenger hunt of facts on the website.
	Energy StarKids This US website has a variety of activities for kids on saving energy.  There is also a link to a text only version of the website and portions of the site are printable.  Highlights include an activity to explore energy savings in a typical bedroom, a word bank/glossary of energy-related words, and Horton Hears a Who and Lorax activity books.

Books and Etext

Energy Online Book Excellent online book on subject of energy includes information, videos and graphics on renewable energy sources. Text can be read to students; click on the page to enlarge. Check out the review by Kelley Tenkley.

Games and Interactives

	Scholastic StudyJams Energy, Light, and Sound The StudyJams site contains 3 slideshows on Natural Resources, Renewable Fuels, and Fossil Fuels. The vocabulary covered in each presentation is listed. The slideshow presentations require grade level reading of the captions.
	NeoK12 Energy Sources 6 Quizzes, 2 Games, and 5 Puzzles The Neok12 page on energy sources has 6 quizzes, 2 vocabulary games, a diagram of energy sources to label, and 5 jigsaw/slide puzzles with an energy theme. These activities are all self-checking and several can be printed. In the quizzes students match items to eventually reveal an energy-source related picture. In the vocabulary games students tell whether or not a vocabulary word is related to the energy theme.  The Neok12 website also has pages on solar power, and nuclear energy.
	Children's University of Manchester The Children's University of Manchester has a page on energy and resources which includes several sidebars and activities. The section on renewable and non-renewable energy resources includes a definition of both types and a self-checking quiz.
	Virtual Power Plant Tour This narrated tour of the powerplant contains several animations and pictures.  It has sections on coal, water, and electricity.  You can view the entire tour or jump to any of the sections.

Photos and Videos

	Sources of Energy (6:10) Excellent Teacher's Domain Video with option to turn on captioning discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the most common energy sources.  Would work well for student note-taking on a graphic organizer set up by teacher.
	Energy Conservation for Kids Videos and Song Horizon Utilities in Hamilton ON has produced a series of short videos on various aspects of conservation in the home.  These include Water Usage (2:20), Phantom Power (3:18), Heating and Cooling (2:47), Light Bulbs (2.35) and Windows (1:52) and a Power Saving Song (2:05)  Other videos are available at their YouTube channel.  There is an option to turn on beta captions translated with Google translator but they are not very accurate.
	Changes in Energy: Hydroelectric (1:40) Short but excellent cartoon from Phoenix Learning Group explains hydroelectric energy in very simple terms.
	Neok12 Videos The Neok12 page on energy features 27 short videos. These include videos on specific renewable and non-renewable energy sources such as fossil fuels, solar, wind, tidal, geothermal, hydroelectric, and biomass. I would particularly recommend Alternative Energy (2:50), Alternative Energy Sources (3:40), Hydroelectric Power (2:10) which describes power generation in Ontario, Hydroelectric Documentary (3:01).

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