ACTIVITY N° 26: RENEWABLE AND NONRENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES -ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

Good afternoon, everyone!

How are you? Hope you are doing great!

Let’s write down the date:

Today is Tuesday, May 26^th

Today is cloudy.

We are in autumn.

SCIENCE

Today we are going to revise the topic: NONRENEWABLE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES

BEFORE READING

REFLECT:

1-      DO RENEWABLE RESOURCES AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT?

Read pages 48 and 49 to find out the answer to the abovementioned question.

ACTIVITY 1:

Decide whether the following sentences are ADVANTAGES or DISADVANTAGES.

[Señalar si las siguientes oraciones hacen referencia a una ventaja o una desventaja]

A) Coal mining damages the land and pollutes water in the ground. _____________

B) Burning this produces air pollution. Spills harm ecosystems. __DISADVANTAGE__

C) This uses moving water. It is renewable and does not cause pollution._____________

D) This is renewable and does not cause pollution. _____________
E) Solar fields require large amounts of land and sunlight. _____________
F) This generates electricity from nuclear reactions without polluting the air. _____________

G) Drilling for natural gas can pollute air and water ____________

ACTIVITY 2:

Now, take a look at the chart and complete it using the information on activity 1.

RESOURCE:	ADVANTAGES      (+)	DISADVANTAGES   ( -)
OIL	-Relatively inexpensive (we have the machines to obtain and use it)	- EXAMPLE: B) Burning this produces air pollution. Spills harm ecosystems.
COAL	-Relatively inexpensive (we have the machines to obtain and use it)	-
NATURAL GAS	-It burns more cleanly than the other fossil fuels.	-
NUCLEAR ENERGY	-	Wastes from nuclear energy plants cause harm to living things.
SOLAR ENERGY	-It is renewable and does not cause pollution	-
WIND ENERGY	-	Wind does not blow steadily in most places
HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY	-	Dams destroy river habitats and disrupt fish populations.

AFTER READING

Answer: Which resource do you think has the greatest (=biggest) disadvantage?

OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Draw the resource you think has the greatest (=biggest) disadvantage. Explain why you chose it in brief.

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Estimadas familias: En el día de hoy estaremos trabajando con las ventajas (advantages) y las desventajas (disadvantages) del uso de los recursos renovables y no renovables. Para ello, los alumnos deberán leer las páginas 48 y 49 del libro Exploring Science.

 En la primera actividad deberán clasificar el contenido de las oraciones como VENTAJA (advantage) o DESVENTAJA (disadvantage).

Luego, deberán ubicar dichas oraciones dentro del cuadro que funciona como resumen de todo lo que hemos venido leyendo y trabajando.

Por último, deberán reflexionar acerca de cuál es el recurso que causa mayor impacto en el medio ambiente, es decir, el que presenta mayores desventajas a la hora de su uso.

Como actividad opcional, podrán realizar un dibujo sobre tal recurso e incluirlo en sus carpetas.

¡Esperamos que disfruten mucho realizar estas actividades!

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That’s all for now!

See you in some minutes :)

Miss Mica and Miss Yani