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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Matter: Energy & Matter

For Students 3rd - 7th
A video and a short quiz on the different forms of energy, and how energy moves or changes matter.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Kinetic Theory of Matter

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Kinetic theory of matter and how kinetic energy relates to the state of matter.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Put Your Water to Work: Using Hydropower to Lift a Load

For Students 3rd - 8th
Water creates a lot of energy, just look at the Grand Canyon. In this science fair project, you will demonstrate the power of water by converting the kinetic energy in moving water to mechanical energy, which will lift a small weight.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Electronics and Solar Energy With a Robot Bug

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this science fair project, use the "frightened grasshopper" solar-powered toy to explore how solar energy is converted into kinetic energy. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract,...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Kinetic Energy

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about kinetic energy in the science of physics. The energy of motion can be calculated using mass and velocity. The standard unit is the joule. How it is different from potential energy.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Work and Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about simple machines, calculate the mechanical advantage and efficiency of machines, differentiate potential and kinetic energy, and learn ways to use energy more efficiently.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Roller Coaster Marbles: How Much Height to Loop the Loop?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a really fun project even if you don't like going on roller coasters yourself. You'll build a roller coaster track for marbles using foam pipe insulation and masking tape, and see how much of an initial drop is required to get...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Science in Focus: Energy: Transfer and Conversion of Energy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Change happens when energy is transferred or converted. Included with the teaching unit, is a sixty-minute video that examines the conversion between potential and kinetic energy.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Paper Roller Coasters: Kinetic and Potential Energy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, your students will learn about kinetic and potential energy as they build their own roller coasters from simple classroom materials.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Energy Skate Park

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore kinetic, potential, and thermal energy as you send a skateboarder along several pre-built tracks, then design your own. Charts and graphs show the distribution of the different forms of energy, illustrating how the total energy...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Height Limits and Linearity of Bouncy Balls

For Students 9th - 10th
You might think that plants and animals have little in common with batteries, springs, or slingshots, but they actually do have something in common. Both living and non-living things store and transfer energy from one form to another. In...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Build a 'Breath Spray Bomb' to Study Small Explosion

For Students 9th - 10th
Hold onto your hats. In this science fair project, you will make a device that sends a film canister across the room with a small chemical explosion. The energy for the explosion is derived from the combustion of ethanol. You will...
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NBC

Nbc Learn: Science of Golf

For Students 9th - 10th
NBC Learn, in partnership with the United States Golf Association, uncovers the science, technology, engineering and math behind the game of golf. For lesson plans provided by the National Science Teachers Association, open the video and...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Long Will My Sleepy Yo Yo Sleep?

For Students 9th - 10th
Yo-yo's are a fun toy and there is nothing simpler than a string wrapped between two connected disks. But there's a lot of physics that makes a yo-yo work. In this science fair project, learn more about how and why a yo-yo works. You...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Power Kicks: The Physics of Martial Arts

For Students 9th - 10th
If the discipline, precision, and power of martial arts is your bag, try this project out for size. You won't be sparring with any opponent other than a swinging kick bag, but you'll learn a few powerful lessons about the physics of...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Physical Science: Types of Energy

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses ways in which energy can be transferred, what kinetic energy is and types of potential energy. Includes examples of energy conversions.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Antilles: What Are the Different Forms of Energy?

For Students 5th - 7th
Students will learn about the different types and sources of energy, including heat and light, electrical, potential, and kinetic energy.
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Bozeman Science

Bozeman Science: Work and Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
In the following video Paul Andersen explains how the mechanical energy added or removed from a system results from work. For work to occur a force must act parallel to the displacement of the system. Since work and energy are equivalent...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Downhill Race

For Students 9th - 10th
An activity that explores how two cylinders that are identical in shape and mass may travel down a hill differently due to how their mass is distributed. Learn how the distribution of mass in an object can affect its translational...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Atomic and Molecular Explanation of Pressure and Temperature

For Students 11th - 12th
Learn how to calculate the kinetic energy of a gas molecule, describe the relationship between the temperature of a gas and the kinetic energy of atoms and molecule, and describe the distribution of speeds of molecules in a gas. The...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Balloon Car

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will design, build, and race balloon-powered cars in this fun lesson that teaches about engineering design and kinetic and potential energy.
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Canada Science and Technology Museum

Canada Science and Technology Museum: Background Information for Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Energy! What do you know about it? Use this terrific site to find out everything about it through a series of Q&As. Educators will find useful lesson plans at the related Teacher's site.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science

Aaas: Project 2061: Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Create a science test that checks for student understanding in science, for common misconceptions, as well as for correct ideas. This is a list of key ideas related to Energy: Forms, Transformation,...
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The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: 4 Ps3 1: Motion Energy

For Teachers 4th
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard 4-PS3-1: motion energy.