UBSE - 8 - Science :: Coal and Petroleum

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Course Content / Subtopic list:

Natural resources
Exhaustible and Inexhaustible resources
Fossil fuels
Uses of petroleum

Expected Learning Outcome:

SWBAT-

Define the natural resources
Differentiate between exhaustible and inexhaustible resources
Define a fossil fuels
Explain the uses of petroleum

Lesson Plan

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Coal and Petroleum Lesson Plan - (Lesson Plan - English)

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Videos

[Author - Kripa S]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vJ_AfSMXgA (coal and petroleum)

Images

[Author - Anu Nived]

http://embed.wistia.com/deliveries/e843e74e9dde9b9762fbe4416d5fe5cf5e826b49.jpg (fossil fuels)

http://www.chemistryexplained.com/photos/coal-3347.jpg (exhaustible resource - Coal)

http://study.com/cimages/videopreview/nonrenewable-resources-definition-examples_133782.jpg (exhaustible resources)

https://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/514/flashcards/883514/jpg/wind_turbines1320683586005.jpg (inexhaustible resource - Wind)

Activities

[Author - Kripa S]

1. Look around you, what are the substances that are natural and which are manmade?

2.What are the forms of coal? where are they used? explore and make a chart.

3. Choose any five families of your neighbourhood. Enquire whether their energy consumption (coal, gas, electricity, petrol, kerosene) has increased or decreased in the last five years. Enquire also about the measures they adopt to conserve energy