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Download full textFortner, Sarah K. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2009
A classroom of eighteen fourth and fifth graders in the Columbus, Ohio Public School system successfully evaluated how people obtain fossil fuels, how they are limited in nature, and how they can develop renewable energy solutions. Students modeled oil-drilling using: chocolate syrup, rice cereal, a baster, and a clear container. Chocolate oil…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Energy
