Learning Goals
Learning Goals:
- Students will obtain the foundational knowledge of energy sources and forms of energy.
- Students will learn that energy can transfer from one form to another.
- Students will build the understanding that there are different types of energy and many can not be directly observed.
Materials List
Handouts
Classroom Supplies
- 3-5 Rulers
- 1 Complete circuit (battery, light bulb, wires)
- 3-5 Wind-up toys
- 1-5 Rubber band-propelled vehicles
- Several magnets
- A Variety of magnetic and non-magnetic items (e.g. strings, cups, lids, skewers, paperclips, washers)
- 1-3 Empty water bottles
- 1 Large ball
- 1 Small ball
Important Links
Next Generation Science Standards
Next Generation Science Standards
- 4-PS3-2. Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
- 4-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.
Featured Image Description
Three rows outlined in black. In the first row a sketch of a black outlet plug with yellow prongs and electric bolts is on the left side. a blue arrow in the middle pointing right to a black and white sketch of a toaster with two pieces of bread in it. In the second row the left side has a sketch of food items, a piece of tan pie with a chocolate drizzle, a red tomato with green stem, a burrito in a pale wrap with brown beans green lettuce, cut tomato and grated yellow cheese spilling out, a yellow banana, and a half an orange. In the middle is a blue arrow pointed to the right. On the right is a black sketch of a person on a bicycle riding to the right. On the third row on the left is a yellow sun image with yellow triangular rays, in the middle a blue arrow pointed right, and on the right a blue 3D building sketch with two windows on the front with a door opening, a window on the right side, and a 4×3 solar panel on the roof, to it’s left their is a power pole with two wires connecting to the building.