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NASA

Hurricanes as Heat Engines

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Hurricanes are a destructive yet fascinating phenomenon. Individuals examine evidence that hurricanes use thermal energy from the ocean as they approach land. Learners use images, charts, and graphs to collect data and then draw...
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NSW Department Mineral Resources

Aboriginal Use of Raw Materials

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What's the difference between base metals and precious metals? Experimenting with natural metals is an interesting way for kids to learn about the world around them. Use a resource that contains over 30 pages of worksheets and...
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LABScI

Photosynthesis: How Do Plants Get Energy?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Examine the mechanism of photosynthesis through different light scenarios. Pupils vary the amount and type of light exposure on plant leaves in the fifth lesson plan in a 12-part series. Through observation, they determine the rate of...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Forming a Molecular Bond

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
They say two's company, but three's a crowd... unless you're talking about molecular bonding! Chemistry scholars experiment with two- versus three-atom bonding in an engaging simulation. Learners must place the third atom in a location...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Seeing Specific Heat and Latent Heat

For Students 9th - 12th
What happens inside a melting solid? Prospective physical chemists observe a solid-to-liquid phase change at the molecular level using an inspired interactive. Pupils add heat to a close system, then monitor changes in kinetic and...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Gas Molecules in Motion

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Get moving! Science scholars observe the effects of temperature on kinetic energy in an impactful interactive. Individuals control a sliding temperature switch and observe the motion of gas particles that results from the change.
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K20 LEARN

The Cold, Hard Truth

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Things are really getting heated in the lab! Science scholars scope out the facts about heat energy transfer using a simple lab from the K20 Center. Groups collaborate to observe temperature changes between hot metal and water, then use...
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

Light, Matter and Energy

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Let Einstein's work shine the way. Pupils read about Einstein's iconic equation, E=mc^2, using a remote learning resource and see how ideas from other scientists such as Kepner, Curie, Galilei, and Newton led to its discovery. They...
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Museum of Science

Comeback Can

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Convert energy within a can. Learners build a can that suspends a weight inside the can via a rubber band. The pupils roll the can away from them as the rubber band wraps around itself. The force of the band unwinding brings the can back...
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Bonneville

Three Ways to Generate Electricity

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Get your hands on electricity. Pupils investigate magnetic fields and make the connection to generators in the fourth lesson in a series of six lessons on wind versus solar energy. Learners use a small electric motor as a generator to...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Collisions

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Is momentum conserved in a collision, along with energy, or are they opposing forces? Pupils vary the mass and velocity of two bumper cars along with the type of bumper in order to answer this question. Worksheet and in-simulator...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Non-Bonding

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What makes helium so Noble, anyway? Explore the bonding properties of helium versus those of hydrogen using an interactive resource. Science scholars manipulate atoms of each element and observe changes in potential energy as the atoms...
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Beyond Benign

Ecological Footprint

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
How does your lifestyle measure up in terms of your ecological footprint? Young ecologists examine their impact on the planet using an insightful online calculator. A short quiz asks users to rank the size of their homes, their energy...
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Las Cumbres Observatory

Craters in the Classroom

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Laws of motion apply both in space and on Earth. Young experimenters model object impact on the Earth and moon. They use data to determine the effect mass and velocity have on the resulting craters and how that relates to the energy of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

20 Questions Energy Sources Scavenger Hunt for Energy Kids

For Students 5th - 6th
In these scavenger hunt worksheets, students go to the 'Energy Facts' section of the Energy Information Administration Kids' Page web site. Students read through the different energy forms for renewable and nonrenewable energy. Students...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Energy

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this energy worksheet, students will complete a graphic organizer by filling in the 2 types of energy waves, 6 forms of energy, and 3 ways thermal energy is transferred.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Forms of Energy

For Students 5th - 8th
In this energy worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by writing in the different forms of energy and a description of each form of energy.
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Curated OER

Kinetic and Potential Energy

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students calculate kinetic and potential energy in the lab. In this physics lesson, students demonstrate how energy can be transformed from one form to another. They collect data from the experiment and write a detailed lab report.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Electrical Energy

For Students 6th - 8th
This graphic organizer has learners give examples of electricity production, energy transformations, and different forms of energy. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Primary/Elementary Activity: Active Energy Sources

For Students 4th - 5th
In this active energy source worksheet, students act out the energy source words in a game. Students complete 12 different actions for the 12 different energy sources.
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Curated OER

Kinetic Energy: Car Design

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a discussion about kinetic and potential energy. They work in groups to design and construct a car using plastic plates, pencils, rubber bands, card stock and balloons. Students write observations about...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Energy Resources and Transfers

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this heat and temperature worksheet, students decide how 4 objects transfer their heat energy. Students answer 8 short answer questions involving energy resources and transfers.
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Curated OER

Lesson 2 of 5 - Energy

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students complete an energy analysis for the No Impact Man project. In this environment and energy lesson plan, students review the project by visiting the given website and discuss the issue of electricity in the project. Students watch...
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Curated OER

Energy: The U.S. In Crisis?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and assess past, present, and future decisions related to energy shortages. They evaluate economic, political, and social impacts that led California to its near critical energy situation.

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