Mississippi Science E.4.10.2
The Standard
- E.4.10
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of the various sources of energy used for human needs along with their effectiveness and possible impacts.
Use technology or informational text to investigate, evaluate, and communicate various forms of clean energy generation.
2026 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Science · Earth’s Resources
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use a short article or video to find out how sunlight, wind, and moving water can generate electricity. They compare where each source works well and what limits it, then share a choice backed by facts.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain what powers solar panels, wind turbines, and hydroelectric dams. Given a location, they can recommend a source, cite a fact from a text or video, and name one drawback.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think solar panels work at night or that wind turbines make wind. Some think clean energy has no effect on land, rivers, or wildlife.
How to Assess It
- Give students short fact cards about solar and wind power. Ask: Which would you choose for a windy town, and what fact and drawback support your choice?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Build paper pinwheels, test them with a desk fan at two speeds, and record what happens when the fan stops.
Read a one-page fact sheet on solar, wind, and water power, then write which fits a windy town and cite two facts.
Match picture cards of panels, turbines, and dams to sunlight, wind, and moving water, then explain each match to a partner.
Find a nearby river on a map, then discuss how a hydroelectric dam might affect people and fish.
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