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eSchool Today

E School Today: Energy

For Students 4th - 8th
Explains different kinds of energy, covering kinetic, potential, gravitational, mechanical, sound, thermal, chemical, electrical, and radiant energy. Also looks at storage, transfer, and dissipation of energy. Includes a short...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Decomposing Energy: Heat Energy From Compost

For Students 9th - 10th
In this energy and power science fair project, the student will calculate the heat energy produced by an active compost pile, surrounding a tin can filled with water. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning...
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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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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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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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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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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Energy Transfer Through Food Chains

For Students 1st - 5th
This tutorial review over food chains and how energy is transferred through them.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Puck Stops Here

For Teachers 5th - 7th
After learning about transfer of energy, specifically the loss of kinetic energy to friction, students get a chance to test friction. In groups they are given a wooden block, different fabrics, and weights and asked to design the "best"...
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Mechanical Energy

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about mechanical energy, and its forms of potential and kinetic.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Energy Transfers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will model and measure energy transfers from light to heat.
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Other

California Energy Commission: Solar Energy Science Projects [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Four science projects in which students learn how solar energy works and how thermal energy is transferred and utlized in a solar air heater, a solar water heater, a solar hot dog cooker, and a solar cell.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Moving Pennies

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students will demonstrate how energy can be transferred from one object to another. They will work with pennies to develop questions and predict what happens when objects collide. Resources include videos of the lesson in action and a...
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Energy and Heating

For Students 9th - 10th
Energy is transmitted by conduction, convection or radiation.The conductivity of materials can be compared by examining the time taken to transmit energy through them. This lesson explains how conduction works and provides a link to a test.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Understanding Solar Energy. Part 1

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson discusses how electromagnetic radiation transfer the sun's energy to earth. This lesson will also talk about the eight types of electromagnetic waves in the electromagnetic spectrum and how each type is used or found in our...
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Energy Levels, Electrons, Ionic Bonding

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discover that ionic bonding occurs when electrons are transferred from one atom to the other and not shared as in covalent bonding.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 12.19 Energy Flow

For Students 5th - 9th
Learn how energy is transferred along a food chain.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Flow of Energy

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] When an herbivore eats a plant, the energy in the plant tissues is used by the herbivore. Every time energy is transferred from one organism to another, there is a...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Flow of Energy in Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how energy is transferred from one organism to another.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Grade 3 5 Module: Designed for Efficiency [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this 3-5 teaching module, young scholars conduct experiments, explore with online interactives, and watch videos that help them understand how vehicles work. Then, students demonstrate their understanding by designing energy...
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Heat Transfer

For Students K - 1st
What is heat transfer? Illustrated discussion of the three methods of heat transfer: conduction, convection, radiation.
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FT Exploring

Ft Exploring: Energy, Heat Flow, and Life

For Students 5th - 8th
Here you can learn all about heat flow, one of the major driving forces of nature, and how it works. It is the force behind weather, photosynthesis, animal behavior, and much more.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Jam Jam Jam With a Rubber Band Band

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this very detailed lesson plan, students explore and create a stringed instrument that demonstrates their understanding of sound waves and how energy is transferred. Multiple videos are included showing this lesson in action in a...
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Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Principles

For Students 3rd - 5th
Provides a basic explanation of what energy is, how the laws of thermodynamics apply, and how energy differs from work.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Cooking With the Sun Creating a Solar Oven

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
For this activity, students will be given a set of materials: cardboard, a set of insulating materials (i.e. foam, newspaper, etc.), aluminum foil, and Plexiglas. Students will then become engineers in building a solar oven from the...

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