Science Mentor Text: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

I'm excited to link back up with Collaboration Cuties {Amanda & Stacia}! I missed them last week when I was on vacation.

 

This week's topic is science. I like to incorporate fiction and non-fiction, especially more now with Common Core.

 

I'm excited to add The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind to my book collection. I stumbled across this book this summer and can't wait to share it with you and my students!

Amazon's description:

When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone's crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let alone school, William spent his days in the library . . . and figured out how to bring electricity to his village. Persevering against the odds, William built a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps, and thus became the local hero who harnessed the wind.

Lyrically told and gloriously illustrated, this story will inspire many as it shows how - even in the worst of times - a great idea and a lot of hard work can still rock the world.

  

Here's a TED video with William Kamkwamba telling how he built the windmill. Very inspiring and great for science process-he saw a problem and tested different ways to fix it.

Such an amazing young man!

After reading about wind energy in our science text, my students fill out a fact poster to make all the important information appealing! They can use written facts and/or illustrations. 

These posters are great for main idea and details, interactive notebooks, or a bulletin board. I sometimes will let them use them as their notes pages for quizzes/tests, so they're more likely to put "the most important" information on their posters.

If you'd like a copy, click here and download for free!

Be kind and leave feedback if you download. 

The winners for my Pin to Win Synonym Work Mats and Synonym Posters & Rings are:

Christine and AMC! Check your email!



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