You are with a group of friends You are with a group of friends racing against the clock to beat racing against the clock to beat them in one of your favorite them in one of your favorite videogames…videogames…

When When WOOSHWOOSH! Your power goes ! Your power goes out and the screen goes black! out and the screen goes black! Everyone grunts and is super Everyone grunts and is super upset as to what just happened. upset as to what just happened.

You hear on the news that there has been a fossil fuel shortage in your state.

The president is asking citizens to find better sources of energy. Only those citizens knowledgeable enough about energy and present a good debate will be selected to present their reports to him.

You and your team will research alternative sources of energy and will create a speech that will present advantages to using your energy and why that would be the best energy to use in our state (you will be graded on written speech and oral delivery of speech)

After this is complete, we will have a class debate, we will vote on which speech convinced us the most and then the group that wins will present it to the president.

Your task!Your task!

1. You and your team will complete the alternative energy sheet by researching on the web (the resources slide will show you which websites to visit)

2. You will vote as a team on which alternative energy source is the best.

3. One person in your team is the researcher: this person is in charge of looking up more information on the energy source you choose (the resources slide will show you which websites to visit)

4. One person in your team is the recorder, they are in charge of outlining the speech and making sure to include: a creative title, a description of the energy, a list of advantages and a convincing explanation of why it is the best energy.

5. One person will be the presenter, this person will develop the final speech and present it to the class.

Process

In order to accurately complete the task, you must visit these websites to complete your research:

•National Geographic: http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/topics/renewable-energy/?ar_a=1

•Scholastic: http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=10854

•Energy kids: http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=renewable_home-basics

•Eschool today: http://www.eschooltoday.com/energy/renewable-energy/what-is-renewable-energy.html

Resources

You will be graded on a written speech and oral delivery of speech, according to the role you play in your group, follow the rubric that adequately relates to your role and follow it.

Rubrics to follow

Rubric 1: Written Speech

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Organizing Information

Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information as it is gathered and in the final speech product. All students can independently explain the planned organization of the research findings and speech.

Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information in the final speech product. All students can independently explain this plan.

Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information as it is gathered. All students can independently explain most of this plan.

Students have no clear plan for organizing the information AND/OR students in the group cannot explain their organizational plan.

Delegation of responsibility

Each student in the group can clearly explain what information is needed by the group, what information s/he is responsible for locating, and when the information is needed.

Each student in the group can clearly explain what information s/he is responsible for locating.

Each student in the group can, with minimal prompting from peers, clearly explain what information s/he is responsible for locating.

One or more students in the group cannot clearly explain what information they are responsible for locating.

Quality of Information

Researchers independently locate at least 2 reliable, interesting information sources for EACH of their ideas or questions.

Researchers independently locate at least 2 reliable information sources for EACH of their ideas or questions.

Researchers, with some adult help, locate at least 2 reliable information sources for EACH of their ideas or questions.

Researchers, with extensive adult help, locate at least 2 reliable information sources for EACH of their ideas or questions.

Rubric 2: Oral Presentation of Speech

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Presentation Style

Team consistently used gestures, eye contact, tone of voice and a level of enthusiasm in a way that kept the attention of the audience.

Team usually used gestures, eye contact, tone of voice and a level of enthusiasm in a way that kept the attention of the audience.

Team sometimes used gestures, eye contact, tone of voice and a level of enthusiasm in a way that kept the attention of the audience.

One or more members of the team had a presentation style that did not keep the attention of the audience.

Understanding of Topic

The team clearly understood the topic in-depth and presented their information forcefully and convincingly.

The team clearly undestood the topic in-depth and presented their information with ease.

The team seemed to understand the main points of the topic and presented those with ease.

The team did not show an adequate understanding of the topic.

Respect for other teams

All statements, body language, and responses were respectful and were in appropriate language.

Statements and responses were respectful and used appropriate language, but once or twice body language was not.

Most statements and responses were respectful and in appropriate language, but there was one sarcastic remark.

Statements, responses and/or body language were consistently not respectful.

You all did a great job on the speeches and the delivery of the debate! 

The president will use your ideas to increase our energy resources so you will never again have to worry about that power shortage when you are playing your video games.  Or will you?  Now that you have become an energy expert, you realize that just because energy seems plentiful now doesn't mean it should be wasted!

Conclusion!

Energy source Definition Advantages Disadvantages

Hydroelectricity       

   

Nuclear energy       

   

Solar energy       

     

   

Wind Energy      

 

   

Energy source Definition Advantages Disadvantages

  Geothermal