Hydropower Reading Comprehension
Lesson Plans
Grades9, 10, 11, 12Physics, Earth and Space Sciences, English Language Arts
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What it is
- This resource details the positives and negatives of hydropower and includes a teacher's guide, reading comprehension handout, and sources for additional research and learning.
- The reading includes graphs, data, and infographics to help students understand how hydropower works and how it impacts the environment.
Teaching tips
Positives
- This resource has everything needed to utilize it as a handout, homework assignment, or classroom assignment.
- The graphics included in the worksheet are informative and engaging, and the comprehension questions do a good job assessing student understanding of the text.
Additional Prerequisites
- Consider distributing the worksheet digitally in order to reduce paper use.
Differentiation
- This resource would work equally well in a science class that is learning about renewable energy sources or a language arts class that is working on nonfiction reading comprehension strategies.
- This resource lends itself well to a jigsaw activity, where students focus their attention on one or two assigned questions and share their thinking with a partner or group.
- As an optional extension activity, have students research the nearest source of hydropower.
From the scientist review
The energy sector greatly benefits from hydropower. It has restrictions even though it is a renewable source of energy. This teaching resource emphasizes the benefits and drawbacks of hydropower. Classrooms should use this resource.
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