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- 5th - 6th
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Students study how light energy is converted to chemical energy. They examine the role of energy conversion in ozone formation. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore energy. They conduct an experiment using peanuts and heat to see how the human body burns food to make energy, create paper snake mobiles to observe heat and motion, and observe the effect heat has on water temperature. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students explore about energy transformations and trace them in a simple closed system. They build energy "chains" of their own design. Pupils complete a hands-on project where they attach the "links" in a "chain" connecting a battery (chemical energy), wires (electrical energy), and a small motor (mechanical energy), and then add additional "links" of their choices. Students complete a flowchart tracing the energy transformations in the finished project. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students engage in three short, hands-on, in-class demos which expand students' understand of energy. First, using peanuts and heat, students see how the human body burns food to make energy. Then, they create paper snake mobiles to explore how heat energy can cause motion. Finally, students determine the effect that heat energy from the sun (or a lamp) has on temperature by placing pans of water in different locations. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students comprehend that energy from sunlight is changed to chemical energy in plants, transfer between living organisms, and that changing the environment may alter the amount of energy provided to living organisms. They compare ways that plants and animals obtain and use energy. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the technology of the energy and mining industries through research and hands-on activities. Groups conduct Internet research to find information on common types of energy, uses, and sources. They also identify the differences and advantages/disadvantages of renewable and nonrenewable energy resources. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students show the relationship between the need for plants to undergo photosynthesis in order to generate oxygen. They see the flaws associated with this thinking because of the lack of CO2 and H2O and lack of sufficient gravity in order to maintain an atmosphere. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students discuss the meaning of energy as the ability to do work, and talk about whether electrical and chemical energy can be stored. They set up complete circuits with lemons, wire, and calculators to show how energy is made and transferred. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students articulate the difference between the terms heat and temperature. They calculate the amount of energy associated with a given temperature rise and design an experiment to measure the energy of a fuel. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students explore converting physical energy to chemical energy. They use a pedometer to associate physical activity (physical energy) with calories burned (chemical energy). Students compare calories burned during a period of walking with the number of calories in certain types of food. They identify other sources of energy that are comparable to calories and physical activity. Full Review »
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