Today in class we learned a little bit about the fuel situation some of the students will encounter during their lifetime. They reviewed what they knew about fossil fuels, and then they learned about biofuels through our reading. Students were then asked to choose a side based on the following question: Students used the text to help support their opinions and wrote an argument based on what they had learned. We listed not only the benefits of using biofuels, but also the costs involved with producing them. The majority of 8th grade chose to support the After reading, students began by discussing not only the benefits that biofuels provide, but also the costs of producing them in mass amounts. They were then asked to choose a side to argue. Using information from the text, students chose a side and argued their point either for or against biofuels. The majority of 8th grade argued that biofuel benefits were worth the cost, but some students provided great reasons why they costs were not worth it!
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AuthorI am an 8th grade Science teacher in Leeds, Alabama. This is my fourth year teaching science. As a teacher, I would love nothing more than to teach my kids to question the world around them and to never stop learning. Archives
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