Balancing Energy Sources

This worksheet supports students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 as they build reading comprehension and science literacy through an engaging informational passage about renewable and nonrenewable energy. Learners analyze why renewable energy sources are cleaner and more sustainable while also exploring why nonrenewable sources remain widely used due to reliability, availability, and current infrastructure.

Academic Focus

• Informational Reading (Grades 4-6) – Students answer comprehension questions that assess recall, inference, and understanding of key ideas.
• Energy Science Concepts – Learners examine differences between clean, renewable energy and fossil fuels.
• Critical Evaluation – Questions prompt students to think about challenges involved in transitioning to cleaner energy sources.
• Evidence-Based Writing – Students construct written responses using information from the passage to support their answers.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Developed by educators to support cross-curricular instruction in reading and science.
• Standards-Aligned Practice – Reinforces informational text skills alongside environmental science concepts.
• Flexible Implementation – Suitable for independent reading, guided practice, homework, or assessment.
• Supports Deeper Understanding – Encourages students to connect science content with real-world global energy issues.

This balancing energy sources worksheet helps students strengthen comprehension, critical thinking, and scientific understanding through purposeful reading and writing tasks. By evaluating the benefits and challenges of different energy sources, students gain insight into sustainability, energy reliability, and environmental impact. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this printable resource offers meaningful, low-prep practice that supports both literacy and science learning.

This worksheet is part of our Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Sources Worksheets collection.