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Grade 4. 2024. 52 pages. Everyday Energy reader serves as an informational text resource that is incorporated into many lessons in the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ 2nd Edition module How Can We Provide Energy to Meet Diverse Needs? Topics include: Energy at Home; Generating Electricity; Remarkable Resources; At Home with the Robots; Electrifying America; Better than Magic; and Tinkering for Tomorrow. Available in English and Spanish. Soft cover.
Grade 4. 2024. 52 pages. Everyday Energy literacy reader serves as an informational text resource that is incorporated into the main activities of many lessons in the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ 2nd Edition module How Can We Provide Energy to Meet Diverse Needs?
Topics include:
- Energy at Home: A historical look at ways we use energy in the home
- Generating Electricity: A comparison of two ways to generate electricity
- Remarkable Resources: An introduction to the natural resources we use to generate electricity
- At Home with the Robots: A tour of NIST's net-zero energy house
- Electrifying America: A historical look at the shift to electric lighting in the US
- Better than Magic: Dr. Bill Healy and what it's like to be an engineer
- Tinkering for Tomorrow: Engineering solar-powered homes for the Solar Decathlon
The reader connects student literacy to science in the real world. Available in English (on-grade-level or below-grade-level) and Spanish, and as single copies or in packs of 8. Soft cover.