Character Education Science FCAT Warm-up
Responsibility – Middle School – October 2008
Energy Efficiency Activity: Energy Bingo
Sunshine State Standards: SC.B.1.3; SC.B.2.3; SC.D.2.3; SC.G.2.3; LA.6-8.2.2; LA.6-8.5.2; LA.6-8.6.2
Duplicate as many Energy BINGO sheets (found on page 2) as needed for each person in your class.
In addition, decide now if you want to give the winner of your game a prize and what the prize will be.
Read aloud the following rules to the class:
Energy BINGO is very similar to regular bingo. Please take a minute to look at your Energy BINGO
sheet and read the 16 questions at the top of the page. Shortly, you’ll be going around the room trying
to get 16 people to answer these questions so you can write their names in one of the 16 boxes.
When I give you the signal, you’ll get up and ask a person one of the questions at the top of your
Bingo sheet. If the person gives what you believe is a correct response, write the person’s name in
the corresponding box on the lower part of the page. For example, if you ask a person question “D”
and he or she gives you what you think is a correct response, then go ahead and write the person’s
name in box D. A correct response is important because later on, if you get Bingo, that person will be
asked to answer the question correctly in front of the group. If he or she can’t answer the question
correctly, then you lose Bingo. So, if someone gives you an incorrect answer, ask someone else!
Don’t use your name for one of the boxes or use the same person’s name twice.
Try to fill all 16 boxes in the next 20 minutes. This will increase your chances of winning. After the 20
minutes are up, please sit down and I will begin asking players to stand up and give their names.
You’ll now have 20 minutes. Please start.
Teachers: During the next 20 minutes, move around the room to assist the students. (You can also
be placed on a person’s Bingo card if you wish. However, if you do this, make sure you call on
yourself later to give your name). Give the players a warning when just a minute or two remain. When
the 20 minutes are up, stop the players and ask them to be seated. Then give them the following
instructions:
“When I point to you, please stand up. Now, if anyone has the name of the person I call on, put a big
“X” in the box with that person’s name. When you get four names in a row—across, down, or
diagonally—shout “Energy BINGO!” Then I’ll ask you to come up front to verify your results.”
Start off by pointing to a student. Have the selected student stand and give his or her name. If any of
the students have the standing person’s name in one of their boxes, have them put an “X” through
that box.
A
B
NAME
E
C
NAME
F
NAME
I
G
J
M
NAME
NAME
NAME
L
NAME
O
NAME
NAME
H
K
N
NAME
NAME
NAME
NAME
D
NAME
P
NAME
NAME
When the first player shouts “Energy BINGO,” ask him or her to come to the front of the room. Ask
him to give his name. Then ask him to tell the group how his bingo run was made, i.e., across from A
to D, down from C to O, and so on.
Now you need to verify the bingo winner’s results. Ask the bingo winner to call out the first person’s
name on his bingo run. That player then stands and the bingo winner asks him the question which he
previously answered during the 20-minute session. For example, if the question was “can you name
two renewable sources of energy,” the player must now name two sources. If he can answer the
question correctly, the bingo winner calls out the next person’s name on his bingo run.
However, if he does not answer the question correctly, the bingo winner does not have bingo after all
and must sit down with the rest of the players. You should continue to point to players until another
person yells “Energy BINGO.”
In case of a tie, ask the bingo winners to come to the front one at a time to verify their results. If time
permits, you may wish to continue the game for second or third place winners.
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ENERGY BINGO ANSWERS
a) A LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) building is environmentally responsible
and a healthy place to work and live.
b) Fossil fuels include petroleum products (oil, gasoline, and diesel), natural gas and coal.
c) Tips to increase a car’s fuel efficiency include minimize idling, avoid aggressive starts and stops,
drive the speed limit, reduce air conditioning use, check the air filter, oil and oil filter, get regular
tune-ups, eliminate extra weight from the car’s trunk, and keep tires properly inflated.
d) Renewable energy sources include solar, water and wind power.
e) Save energy at home by replacing incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents, using Energy
Star appliances, raising the air conditioning temperature, planting native shade trees, insulate your
home, clean your air conditioning filters, and install energy efficient shower heads.
f) Fuel used in barbecue grills is typically propane.
Science FCAT Warm-up Questions (answers on page 3):
1. Alternative energy sources include wind, solar and water power. All of these are renewable
energy sources, whereas fossil fuels are non-renewable energy sources. What is the next best
step government leaders and citizens should take to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels?
a) install wind turbines in our back yards
b) draw conclusions about the benefits of using renewable energy without investigations
c) design investigations to test their theories about saving resources by using renewable energy
d) try to convince others to accept their ideas without research
2. The greenhouse effect is the rise in temperature that the earth experiences because certain gases
in the atmosphere (water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane, for example) trap energy from the
sun. Fossil fuels are seen by some scientists as a temporary energy source. The burning of fossil
fuels is making the greenhouse effect stronger. Which aspect of fossil fuels encourages scientists
to find other sources of energy production because of climate change?
a) the burning of fossil fuels results in air pollution
b) fossil fuels store energy for a short period of time
c) inadequate organic material exists to replace fossil fuels
d) fossil fuels are a non-renewable resource
FCAT Warm-up Answer Key:
1. C
2. A