[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduction to forms of energy including the seven different forms.

Young scholars 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...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses different forms of energy and how energy changes form.

Learn about the Law of Conservation of Energy.

In this activity, students learn how to identify and explain an electromagnet, describe the relationship between electricity and magnetism, and compare an electromagnet to a bar magnet.

Students are introduced to the electromagnetic spectrum through this group research activity. Each group investigates a different wavelength range within the em spectrum and reports back to class. Discussion ideas also included.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes characteristics of solar energy including the electromagnetic spectrum and movement.

A brief introduction to the nature of the sun's electromagnetic radiation. [25 secs]

A reference page on solar energy. Learn about solar energy, solar heating, solar radiation, and electromagnetic radiation. The page also describes the advantages and disadvantages to solar energy.

This article discusses the properties of electromagnetic radiation and photons.

Students create and observe wavelengths at both high and low energy levels using safety glasses, rope, and a power drill

Read about all the different kinds of potential and kinetic energy. Includes energy formulas and examples of energy applications.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A breakdown of the types of energy that Earth receives from the sun.

A video and a short quiz on the basic concepts and vocabulary for understanding light energy.

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...

This instructional activity discusses how electromagnetic radiation transfer the sun's energy to earth. This instructional activity will also talk about the eight types of electromagnetic waves in the electromagnetic spectrum and how...

Find out how energy, frequency, and wavelength are related in terms of the electromagnetic spectrum.

This Florida State University page introduces light as an electromagnetic wave and discusses the frequency and wavelength range of the various regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Includes links to some interactive Java applets.

An explanation of and animation depicting the propagation of an electromagnetic wave through a material medium.

This Florida State University page includes an interactive java tutorial that explores the relationship between frequency, wavelength, and energy, and enables the visitor to adjust the intensity of the radiation and to set the wave into...

A profile of Michael Faraday, a British scientist who discovered electromagnetic induction, which made it possible to develop the technology for generating electricity. He produced many other inventions, some of which are described here.

The sun's energy is the primary source of energy for all surface phenomena and life on Earth. Combined with the material of the Earth (including the molecules held close by the Earth's gravitational force called the atmosphere), this...

The sun's energy is the primary source of energy for all surface phenomena and life on Earth. Combined with the material of the Earth (including the molecules held close by the Earth's gravitational force called the atmosphere), this...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the different forms of energy and investigate how the law of conservation of energy plays an important part of those forms.