What Are Fossil Fuels?

Positives

• This is a short video that can be used for different grade levels, as it uses simple terms and phrases.
• Students read the animated text and connect it to the images on the screen.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be familiar with nonrenewable and renewable energy sources.
• You may need to pause the video for learners that can't see the screen easily or need more time to read the text.
  
• There is an error in the text of the video at 0:45. The text states "However, burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes climate change." The text is missing the word "to."

Differentiation

• Students can be asked to summarize the video in one paragraph or in a drawing.
• The teacher can ask students to write down key words from the video and then define them from a dictionary.
• Geography students can research the main sources of energy in their local area and country.
  
• Science students can use this as a hook for lessons about the Carboniferous Period and about the importance of decomposers in ecosystems.
• Other recommended resources include this opinion map showing Support for Making Fossil Fuel Companies Pay for Climate Damages and this interactive data showing Share of Primary Energy from Fossil Fuels.