ACE Report: How To Make A Fossil Fuel

Positives

• A teacher could use this resource as a way to activate prior knowledge on the topic or to provide all students with a base understanding of how fossil fuels are formed.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should have prior knowledge of how fossil fuels are used.
• You may want to have students review the linked EIA resource in the worksheet prior to answering the questions.
• The materials are available for use without an account.
  

Differentiation

• Using the Google Doc, the teacher can adjust the questions for understanding to ensure that students at various levels are being challenged at the appropriate level.
• Science classes could use this resource to connect the concept of geologic time to current events.
• Other resources that provide context about fossil fuels include this Crash Course video, this interactive resource about the carbon cycle, and this data resource about fossil fuel use in electricity production.