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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Energy in a Roller Coaster Ride

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive roller coaster ride produced for Teacher's Domain illustrates the relationship between potential and kinetic energy. As the coaster cars go up and down the hills and around the loop of the track, a pie chart shows...
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Energy From Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
The history of energy being transformed from matter is provided at this site. The information starts at Einstein's formula, then discussions fusion, future energy sources, fission, and nuclear reactors.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Kinetic and Potential Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Given diagrams, illustrations or relevant data, students will identify examples of kinetic and potential energy and their transformations.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Types of Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive tutorial provides a brief review of the 2 types of energy and an explanation of the law of of conservation of energy.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Energy Cycle From Plants to Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the essential role energy plays in cell function and in sustaining life. Trace energy transformations as they pass from one living thing to another.
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Handout
Other

Irena: Global Energy Transformation: A Roadmap to 2050 (2019 Edition) [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A report outlining why increased use of renewable energy, combined with intensified electrification, could prove decisive for the world to meet key climate goals by 2050.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Forms of Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online lesson students will investigate examples of kinetic and potential energy and their transformations.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Forms, States and Conversions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners participate in many demonstrations during the first day of this lesson to learn basic concepts related to the forms and states of energy. This knowledge is then applied the second day as students assess various everyday objects...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Potential Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial, students are invited to investigate examples of potential energy and their transformations.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Kinetic Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online lesson students will begin to investigate examples of kinetic energy and their transformations.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix Series: Potential Energy Diagrams

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Observe what happens in the change in the type of energy during a reaction in this simulation. After the activity, answer a self-correcting challenge question.
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Handout
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Heat and Work

For Students 9th - 10th
With an overview of topics related to chemical energetics, this resource provides a foundation to a study of the second Law of Thermodynamics emphasizing the transformation in energy involved in work.
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Handout
Other

Energy Cities: Local Energy and Climate Roadmaps: 5 City Visions for 2050 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Five exemplary European cities have succeeded in the design and implementation of their 2050 roadmap with all local actors on board. Embark on the inspiring journeys taken by Grenoble (France), Manchester (UK), Munster (Germany),...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Ctr.: Exploring Energy Transformations in Plants

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This set of lessons has students investigate how plants obtain energy from different sources to support their growth and development. Students conduct investigations, make predictions, and construct scientific explanations of the...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Electrifying Energy

For Students K - 1st
This tutorial reviews over electrical energy.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Waterwheel Work

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn the history of the waterwheel and common uses for water turbines today. They explore kinetic energy by creating their own experimental waterwheel from a two-liter plastic bottle. They investigate the transformations of...
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Activity
Other

Salt River Project: Powering Our Future: Energy Transformations

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students test their understanding of energy transformations when shown a simple animation and a cloze-format response question. This activity could be utilized with a classroom response technology system.
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Handout
FT Exploring

Ft Exploring: Energy Conversions: Potential to Kinetic Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how gravitational potential energy is converted to kinetic energy, then finally into low-grade thermal energy.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Work and Energy: Energy Transformation on Roller Coasters

For Students 9th - 10th
Using a roller coaster as an example, the transformation of mechanical energy from the form of potential to the form of kinetic and vice versa is explained and illustrated in the animation.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Work and Energy: Energy Transformation Downhill Skiing

For Students 9th - 10th
The intricate relationship between work and mechanical energy is depicted in the animation for students to be able to visualize.
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Energy Transformations

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students investigate the transformations that occur when elastic potential energy is converted to kinetic energy. Students will be able to modify the mass of the object, the spring constant of the spring and...
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Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Mexican Diner: What Is Energy?

For Students 4th - 7th
Meet Carlos at his Mexican diner, and he will tell all about energy and energy transformations.
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Unit Plan
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Detective Peke and the Energy Transformers

For Students 5th - 7th
Explore kinetic and potential energy and how energy is conserved in this interactive tutorial.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Conservation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the idea that energy use impacts the environment and our wallets. They discuss different types of renewable and nonrenewable energy sources, as well as the impacts of energy consumption. Through a series of...

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