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How to Create Cleaner Coal Instructional VideoHow to Create Cleaner Coal Instructional Video
Publisher
TED-Ed
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
5:54
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Duration
45 mins
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Year
2014
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How to Create Cleaner Coal

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It's easy to take for granted the the importance of electricity in modern society, and even easier to overlook the environmental cost that is paid for all that energy. Watch as this video explores the detrimental impact burning coal has had on the earth, and the newly developed methods that have been developed for creating cleaner coal.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

natural resources, coal, coal energy, coal mining, non-renewable energy, non-renewable resources, fossil fuels, climate change, global warming, greenhouse gases, the greenhouse effect, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, chemical reactions, carbon

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Include a viewing of this video in an earth science lesson series on fossil fuels and/or climate change
  • Have students research current advancements in clean coal technology
  • Flip your classroom by assigning this video and assessment as homework, following up the next day with a class discussion

Classroom Considerations

  • Video assumes a basic understanding of chemistry

Pros

  • Engaging animations capture viewers' attention and visually support the scientific content being presented
  • Included with the video is a short assessment offering five multiple choice and three free response questions
  • Resource offers teachers the ability to design their own customized lesson to accompany the video

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.8.2 SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.6-8.9 RST.9-10.9 RST.11-12.7 RST.11-12.9

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