Don't lift another finger, this physical and environmental science unit has everything you need to begin teaching your class about energy. Starting with a look at the greenhouse effect, these lessons and activities take young scientists...

Blow the minds of young scientists with this collection of inquiry-based investigations. Based on a series of eight videos, these "hands-on, minds-on" science lessons engage young learners in exploring a wide range of topics...

We all know photosynthesis happens, but why should we care? Here is a unit that covers everything young scholars need to know about photosynthesis. Hands-on activities, assessments, and lectures guide pupils though the physiology of...

Whether you are teaching environmental science in junior high or studying recycling in kindergarten, there is something for all in this set of lessons designed for environmental education. The 110-page packet comes with tips for...

A five-lesson unit challenges teams to design a complex to allow people to colonize the Moon. The teams first work in order to understand the challenge before becoming experts. Expert teams learn about different aspects needed to survive...

Students study the structure and features of the sun. In this earth science lesson, students explain how the sun's energy drive the processes on Earth. They perform temperature conversions using appropriate equations.

Students discuss the mass-energy relationship based on Einstein's work. They calculate the energy released in various scenerios and sketch diagrams for the Lyman, Balmer and Pfund Series. In groups, they discuss the role of photons and...

Bring a set of pre-lab, lab, and post-lab lesson plans on volcanoes to your earth science unit. Sixth graders explore the three types of volcanoes found on Earth, plot the specific locations of these volcanoes on a map, and...

In the following tutorial, students will learn about the law of conservation of energy. They will read about some of the many forms of energy. They will understand the definition of efficiency of an energy conversion process as the...

This lesson covers the different types of energy, the definitions of kinetic and potential energy, how energy can be converted into different forms, and the law of conservation of energy.

Change happens when energy is transferred or converted. Included with the teaching unit, is a sixty-minute video that examines the conversion between potential and kinetic energy.

A video workshop examining how the Sun provides energy for all living things beginning with the process of photosynthesis. Presents current scientific thinking about energy transfer through the food chain as well as ways to deal with...

Instructional module focusing on energy. Discussion includes forms of energy, conservation of energy, and the laws of thermodynamics. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to the topic.

This unit provides students the opportunity to explore methods engineers have devised for harnessing sunlight to generate power. Students will initially explore heat transfer and heat storage through the construction, testing, and...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Decribes how energy changes from one form to another and energy changes between kinetic and potential energy.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses ways in which energy can be transferred, what kinetic energy is and types of potential energy. Includes examples of energy conversions.

By the end of this section, you will be able to explain the law of the conservation of energy; describe some of the many forms of energy; and define efficiency of an energy conversion process as the fraction left as useful energy or...

By the end of this section, you will be able to describe the distinction between renewable and nonrenewable energy sources and to explain why the inevitable conversion of energy to less useful forms makes it necessary to conserve energy...

In the following interactive students will begin to explain the human body's consumption of energy when at rest vs. when engaged in activities that do useful work. They will also calculate the conversion of chemical energy in food into...

By the end of this section, you will be able to explain the human body's consumption of energy when at rest versus when engaged in activities that do useful work and to calculate the conversion of chemical energy in food into useful work.

[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 module Activity 4 investigates How are bonds formed and broken? This activity explores the relationship between energy and the formation and breaking bonds, using the ideas of energy transfer and conversion.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this module, students will understand how radioactivity involves a change in the nucleus of a radioisotope and calculate the conversion of mass to energy...