The authors share a sequence of lessons that teachers thought were especially useful to produce effective science discourse and promote student understanding. The first lessons teach social and emotional skills. The later lessons focus on energy sources and systems, requiring students to apply their social and emotional skills to conversations about energy sources. Taken together, students learn about different energy sources, how these sources can be used to produce electricity, and the advantages and disadvantage of each source. The lessons create the opportunity for students to Engage in Argument From Evidence and Obtain, Evaluate, and Communicate Information. The authors also highlight a few main features of these lessons so science teachers can picture how they can work in their classrooms.