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Energy and Metabolism

For Students 9th - 12th
This four-page worksheet queries young biologists about the process of metabolism in the human body. They describe types of energy, laws of thermodynamics, and chemical reactions related to the processing of energy. Plenty of space is...
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Curated OER

Typical Numeric Questions for Physics I - Work and Energy

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
A total of 29 word problems furnish practice in solving for work, energy, and force. A few of the questions display diagrams to help learners visualize the systems, and all of them list five choices from which they select the correct...
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Curated OER

Global Warming Webquest- Energy Expert

For Students 6th - 7th
In this energy and global warming worksheet, students complete 6 short answer questions about energy sources on our planet. Students must consider where we get energy for electricity and what sources we use for fuel. 
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Solar Cell Energy Availability From Around the Country

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students determine areas that are the most likely to produce solar energy by using NASA data.  In this solar energy lesson students analyze plots and determine solar panel use. 
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Curated OER

Exploring Renewable Energy Through Graphs and Statistics

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders identify different sources of renewable and nonrenewable energy. In this math lesson, learners calculate their own carbon footprint based on the carbon dioxide they create daily. They use statistics to analyze data on power...
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Curated OER

Estimating Heat Changes during Reactions Using Bond Energies

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For advanced chemists, this worksheet examines heat change during chemcial reactions. Alkanes are examined first. Learners calculate the energy released or needed during a reaction.
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Energy Type

For Students 4th - 6th
In this simple handout, junior scientists read a phrase and identify the type of energy in use. This would serve as a succinct quiz on the forms of energy for your upper elementary learners.
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Curated OER

Unit VII: Energy: Worksheet 2 Hooke's Law

For Students 9th - 12th
Physic starters spring into energy with a problem-solving worksheet. They work with graphs, apply Hooke's law, draw force diagrams, and solve for distance, force, or mass in spring systems. There are seven problems in all.
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Curated OER

Cycling of Matter and Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
These twenty various types of questions related to the cycling of matter and energy require students to match each definition in column 1 with the correct vocabulary term from column 2. Then, students explain what is being demonstrated...
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PPT
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Transferring Thermal Energy

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Multiple examples of heat transfer through different materials are shown. The information will reinforce concepts of particle energy change and movement at a early, secondary level.  
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Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Safety vs. Energy

For Students 9th - 12th
Political cartoons are a poignant way to examine energy sources. This analysis handout has scholars examining a cartoon by Joe Heller (a link to his gallery is included for possible extensions). Background information reminds pupils of...
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PPT
Curated OER

Chemical Reactions and Energy

For Teachers 8th - 10th
The details here give definitions about chemical reactions and the energy transfer in those reactions. The reactions given include general examples of catalysts, inhibitors, and other situations that affect the rate of production and...
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Curated OER

Energy, Matter, and Organization

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders review the Energy, Matter, and Organization unit. They have one week to complete an essay. Students must submit a concept map or drawing. The activity is introduces by reading a short story line which presents a simple...
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Cornell University

Energy Changes in Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The heat of solution measures how much thermal energy a dissolving substance consumes or gives off. The experiment demonstrates both endothermic and exothermic reactions. Scholars dissolve several substances, measure the temperature...
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Energy & Matter

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
After Sam knocks a glass off the lunchroom table, he uses it as a springboard for explaining kinetic and potential energy. He mentions that sound is a type of kinetic energy and introduces the different forms of energy: thermal,...
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Lesson Plan
Chymist

Energy of a Peanut

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Are you nuts? An engaging experiment burns nuts to find their kilocalories. Young chemists analyze at least two different types of nuts with their experimental results versus what is on the package. The resource offers a great lab for...
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Smarter Balanced

Renewable Energy

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Renewable and non-renewable energy sources are the focus of a series of activities that prepare learners for a performance task assessment on energy. Groups identify the various sources of energy and classify these sources as either...
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PPT
Batesville Community School Corporation

Energy in a Nutshell

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Reduce the work it takes to plan a physics lesson on energy with the help of this instructional presentation. Beginning with clear explanations of kinetic and potential energy, this resource continues on to familiarize young scientists...
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Handout
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US Energy Geography

For Teachers 4th - 12th
The maps display the statistics for energy consumption and power production, state by state. They are tremendous visual aids for your natural resources unit. Consider having your class compare energy consumption versus production, or...
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Curated OER

Work and Energy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
If you have a ticker tape, this activity will energize your future physicists. They push automobiles and measure the required force, then compare it to the distance and velocity recorded on the tape. Mini lab carts are also used to...
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PPT
Curated OER

Energy Flow Through Ecosystems

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Middle or high school environmental studies classes will learn much from this presentation on energy in ecosystems. It covers the foundational topics of trophic levels, food webs, and nutrient cycles using informational text and...
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PBS

Thermal Energy 101: Heat Transfer | UNC-TV Science

For Students 6th - 12th
Discover what makes a cup of tea feel hot one minute and cold the next. Young physicists learn about thermal energy, why substances feel hot or cold, and the three means of thermal energy transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Energy Balance 101 - Setting a Smart Goal

For Students 3rd - 5th
Help your pupils learn how to set realistic attainable goals. This activity helps them practice how to write a specific goal that is measurable. Of course, the topic here is energy in and energy out. We all need help setting goals in a...
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Curated OER

Energy Balance 101 - My Energy In and Energy Out

For Students 6th - 9th
Calories in, calories out; energy balance is what it's all about. Unfortunately in today's world, too many people are overweight because they are out of balance. They consume too many calories and don't burn enough calories. Use this...

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