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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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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Falling Water

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students drop water from different heights to demonstrate the conversion of water's potential energy to kinetic energy. They see how varying the height from which water is dropped affects the splash size. They follow good experiment...
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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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Renewable Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students are introduced to the types of renewable energy resources. They are involved in activities to help them understand the transformation of energy (solar, water and wind) into electricity. Students explore the...
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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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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Energy and Its Forms

For Students 9th - 10th
[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.
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Tracing the Transformation of Energy in a System

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Trace the transformations of energy (kinetic to potential, etc.) in a system, e.g., a person rowing a boat or child swinging.
Graphic
US Department of Energy

Fus Ed Web: Physics of a Fundamental Energy Source

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource on nuclear fusion! Using incredible graphics and excellent discussion, this site (with its several pages) provides an exhaustive online course on the topic. Click on the link for "a Guided Tour" and begin.
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US Department of Energy

United States Department of Energy: Biomass Creating Bio Diesel

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This detailed chemistry lesson from the U.S. Department of Energy focuses on transforming vegetable oil into biodiesel through a process of transesterification. The process described offers a good model for many chemical reaction...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Conservation of Energy: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains how energy can be transferred from one form to another, but is always conserved. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Conservation of Energy."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Conservation of Energy: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains how energy can be transferred from one form to another, but is always conserved. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Conservation of Energy."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Conservation of Energy: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson explains how energy can be transferred from one form to another, but is always conserved. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Conservation of Energy."
Handout
US Energy Information Administration

U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Forms of Energy: Laws

For Students 4th - 8th
Article briefly discusses the law of conservation of energy and what is meant by energy efficiency.
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Tracing the Transformation of Energy in a System

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Trace the transformations of energy (kinetic to potential, etc.) in a system in this activity created by SMART. Students are asked to choose the type of transformation represented within different situations, such as a person rowing a...
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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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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Rooftop Gardens: Are They a Cool Idea?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Around the world, rooftops are being transformed into living green expanses. Besides beauty, rooftop gardens have a number of advantages, including growing food and taking carbon dioxide out of the air while releasing breathable oxygen....
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: A River Ran Through It

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn how water is used to generate electricity. They investigate water's potential-to-kinetic energy transformation in hands-on activities about falling water and waterwheels. During the activities, they take measurements,...
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Museum of Science

The Atoms Family

For Students 3rd - 8th
Let this classic family of monsters guide you as you learn about energy. Interactive exercises, experiments, and demonstrations help to build knowledge and raise questions.
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.
Article
FT Exploring

Ft Exploring: The Flea, the Catapult, and the Bow: Robin Hood Revisited

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how fleas, catapults, and archers convert stored energy into kinetic energy.
eBook
Other

Fund. Of Phys. Geography/energy, Temperature, and Heat

For Students 9th - 10th
A page describing (in part) the distinction between energy, temperature and heat. Includes a graphic illustrating the quantity of energy needed to transform water between various states. Methods of thermal energy transfer (convection,...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Transform Me! Types of Energy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will understand the law of conservation of energy and the transformation of energy from one type to another.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Modeling Global Climate Change

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners will gain an understanding of global climate change by exploring the role that energy plays in it. They will explore NetLogo models of climate and learn about cumulative effects.
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Other

National Engineers Week Foundation: Hearing the Light

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn how laser communication systems are built by observing how sound can be encoded into, and transmitted by a light beam.

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