Book Summary
According to scientists, the Earth only has about 120 years' worth of oil left. We need to start looking for other ways to power our vehicles. This book explores four alternatives to gasoline-powered cars--solar-powered, hydrogen-powered, battery-powered, and ethanol-powered cars. Find out their differences, how they are produced, and the challenges involved in converting our planet to alternative fuel sources.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Ask and answer questions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand text
• Compare and contrast information in text
• Identify and understand hyphenated compound adjectives
• Recognize and use synonyms

Materials

• Book -- Alternative Fuel Cars (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard, dry erase board, or interactive board
• Student thesauruses
• KWL, compare and contrast, hyphenated compound adjectives, synonyms worksheets

   Indicates an opportunity for students to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reused.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: alternative fuels, atom, biomass, bond, ethanol, fermentation, fuel cells, gaseous, hydrogen, pollutants, radiant, renewable resource, solar cell