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Grade 4. 2018. 48 pages. Lexile range: 530–720L. Everyday Energy reader serves as an informational text resource that is incorporated into many lessons in the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ module How Can We Provide Energy to People’s Homes? Topics include: Energy at Home; Inside a Power Plant; Remarkable Resources; At Home with the Robots; Electrifying America; Better than Magic; and Tinkering for Tomorrow. Soft cover.
Grade 4. 2018. 48 pages. Lexile range: 530–720L. Everyday Energy Below-Grade Reader serves as an informational text resource that is incorporated into the main activities of many lessons in the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™ module How Can We Provide Energy to People’s Homes?
Topics include:
- Energy at Home: A historical look at ways we use energy in the home
- Inside a Power Plant: A comparison of two types of power plants
- Remarkable Resources: An introduction to the natural resources we use for energy
- At Home with the Robots: A tour of NIST's Net-Zero 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 content, presented in below-grade readability for struggling readers, connects student literacy to science in the real world. Soft cover.