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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: 22 Examples of Mechanical Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what mechanical energy is and provides 22 examples of it.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Absorption of Radiant Energy by Different Colors

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science fair project, use an infrared thermometer to measure the temperature of differently colored paper exposed to sunlight, and calculate energy emission using the Stefan-Boltzmann equation. Find discussion questions, a list...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Ward's Science: Speedy Energy

For Teachers 4th - 6th
This is an interactive inquiry where students will investigate the speed of an object and the energy it exerts as it crashes into other objects. Students will understand that the more speed an object has, the more energy it has in a...
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Changes in Energy Stores

For Students 9th - 10th
Energy can be described as being in different "stores". It cannot be created or destroyed but it can be transferred, dissipated or stored in different ways. There are seven main stores of energy: magnetic, internal (thermal), chemical,...
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium Where Does the Energy of a Spark Come From?

For Students 9th - 10th
Students define potential energy and explore the relationship between potential energy and field. How does potential energy change when things are pushed or pulled? Where does the energy that was used to charge the Van de Graaff...
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium What Is Happening When a Spark Occurs? Activity 2: What Happens to Energy When Objects Collide?

For Students 9th - 10th
An investigation of what happens to energy during changes.
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium Where Does the Energy of a Spark Come From?

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity 2 of the module investigates Where does the energy used to charge the Van de Graaff generator go? The activity investigates how objects can interact without touching, as well as what happens to potential energy when objects...
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium Where Does the Energy of a Spark Come From?

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity 3 investigates Why is lightning so much bigger that a spark from the Van de Graff generator? In Activity 3 of this module, students investigate factors that affect the amount of potential energy that is stored.
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Where Does the Energy of a Spark Come From?

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity 4 of this module investigates Why do I get shocked if I am too close to the Van de Graaff generator? This activity explores what happens to the potential energy of a system when objects are allowed to move freely (not held in...
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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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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Heat Transfer

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore the relationship between heat and energy transfer, and then describe how energy is transported through the processes of conduction, convection, and radiation. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Storage Derby and Proposal

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In Activity 5, as part of the Going Public step, students demonstrate their knowledge of how potential energy may be transferred into kinetic energy. Students design, build and test vehicle prototypes that transfer various types of...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Heat Transfer: No Magic About It

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Heat transfer is an important concept that is a part of everyday life yet often misunderstood by students. In this lesson, students learn the scientific concepts of temperature, heat, and the transfer of heat through conduction,...
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Exploring Solar Power

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This unit provides students the opportunity to explore methods engineers have devised for harnessing sunlight to generate power. Students will initially explore heat transfer and heat storage through the construction, testing, and...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Got Energy? Spinning a Food Web

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn about energy flow in food webs, including the roles of the sun, producers, consumers and decomposers in the energy cycle. They model a food web and create diagrams of food webs using their own drawings and/or images from...
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Handout
European Space Agency

European Space Agency: Impress: Heat Transfer

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the transfer of thermal energy through concise information, and illustrated animations. Contains descriptions of conduction, convection, and radiation.
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through nine lessons, students are introduced to a range of energy types--electrical, light, sound and thermal-as well as the renewable energy sources of wind, hydro (water) and solar power. Subjects range from understanding that the...
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Efficient Housing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
We all know that it takes energy to provide us with the basics of shelter: heating, cooling, lighting, electricity, sanitation and cooking. To create energy-efficient housing that is practical for people to use every day requires...
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Handout
Oklahoma Mesonet

Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Heat Transfer

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion from the Oklahoma Climatological Survey of the thermal factors effecting the movement of air masses in the atmosphere. Numerous topics such as methods of heat transfer, latent heat, phase changes (including sublimation and...
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State University of New York

State University of New York: Heat Transfer Between Substances

For Students 9th - 10th
The following simulation assesses students understanding of thermal energy, transfer and equilibrium.
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Graphic
Oklahoma Mesonet

Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Earth's Energy Budget

For Students 9th - 10th
This 2-part resource details how the Earth absorbs just enough energy from the Sun to sustain life. Content explores incoming solar radiation and outgoing terrestrial radiation.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Energy of a Pendulum

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive, drag a pendulum to set its initial height and observe how height is related to potential energy. Then release the pendulum and observe the change from potential energy to kinetic energy, and ultimately to thermal...
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Activity
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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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Frontline

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from FRONTLINE introduces the electromagnetic spectrum and explains how the various types of electromagnetic waves are distinguished by the amount of energy each wave carries.

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