Activity
Texas State Energy Conservation Office

Investigation: Conservation of Energy

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
By rolling marbles down a six-foot length of track, physical scientists determine how much energy is lost to heat. It is recommended that you opt for the foam pipe insulation track because more friction slows the marble, allowing...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Energy Transformation Worksheet

For Students 5th - 8th
Upper elementary or middle school scientists determine what types of energy are involved in six different pictures. Then they produce examples of three different energy transformations. This worksheet has colorful graphics and is neatly...
Activity
Texas State Energy Conservation Office

Investigation: Kinetic and Potential Energy

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
A well-developed lab sheet guides physical science learners through an investigation of kinetic and potential energy. In small groups, collaborators discover whether or not the ramp height or mass of an object has an effect on the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Understanding the Conservation of Energy

For Students 8th - 12th
In this conservation of energy learning exercise, students read about the law of conservation of energy and about energy distribution. They answer three critical thinking questions about what the law of conservation of energy means to us...
Activity
Curated OER

IPC-Sources of Energy Assignment

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this sources of energy worksheet, students complete a concept map and they choose one of the sources of energy in the concept map to research. They create a magazine ad, a newspaper editorial, a newspaper article or any other creative...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Energy Crossword

For Students 9th - 12th
For this science worksheet, learners solve the crossword puzzle using the context of energy to acquire a new understanding of vocabulary words.
Activity
Texas State Energy Conservation Office

Investigation: Chemical Models

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Science teams make models of four different hydrocarbon compounds that we commonly use for fuel. Then they demonstrate chemical reactions that result when energy is produced. This can be used as an enrichment when your class is studying...
Worksheet
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Energy

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science learning exercise, students learn about renewable, non-renewable and sustainable energy and examine alternative fuel sources by studying the information on these 8 pages. Students complete 20 questions about energy. These...
Handout
National Institute of Open Schooling

Spontaneity of Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Do spontaneous reactions really occur? Activity 12 in a series of 36 focuses on spontaneity of chemical reactions. Learners read about, discuss, and answer questions pertaining to entropy, explain the third law of thermodynamics, explore...
Worksheet
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The Many Faces of Energy

For Students 8th - 10th
In this energy worksheet, students are given a table of the many measurements of energy. They solve 6 problems converting from one measurement of energy to another using the conversion factors given.
Lesson Plan
Forest Foundation

The Nature of Trees

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young botanists examine the different parts of tress and then draw parallels between the functions of these parts and the function of parts of the human body. 
Organizer
CPO Science

Physics Skill and Practice Worksheets

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Stop wasting energy searching for physics resources, this comprehensive collection of worksheets has you covered. Starting with introductions to the scientific method, dimensional analysis, and graphing data, these skills practice...
Activity
Savvas Learning

Let's Get Moving

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Scholars examine, cut, paste, and sort 12 images featuring different types of movement in order to show what they know about energy—potential and kinetic. 
Worksheet
Curated OER

Unit Conversions-Energy, Power, Flux

For Students 8th - 10th
In this unit conversion worksheet, students solve 4 problems given a list of conversion factors for units of energy, power and flux.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Heat Transfer & Phase Changes

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this heat transfer and phase change worksheet, students experiment with ice, salt, and milk to show the relationship between the temperature of a solution and its phase. Students turn milk from a liquid to a solid and graph the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Energy Transformation

For Students 7th - 10th
In this energy transformation learning exercise, students earn extra credit by choosing a energy transforming toy or ride at an amusement park and analyzing the energy transformation involved in its movement. Students draw a diagram...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Energy and Energy Resources

For Students 7th - 8th
For this energy and energy resources worksheet, learners complete 14 fill in the blank questions in the form of word scrambles, twisters, and teasers.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Module 7 Revision Guide - Chemistry

For Students 9th - 12th
Two versions of this handout are provided, the second with more detailed information on the same topics. Chemistry aces survey chemical reactions, heat energy transferred, and the action of enzymes by reading this resource. You can...
Worksheet
Curated OER

What Parts of a Plant Do We Eat?

For Students 8th - 12th
Did you know that tomtoes and cucumbers are actually fruits? Biology or botany beginners read about the function of flowers and fruit and find that some food items commonly called vegetables are, by definition, also fruits! Give learners...
Handout
National Institute of Open Schooling

Chemical Thermodynamics

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
All chemical reactions require energy. To explore thermodynamics, classes read and discuss its laws, exothermic and endothermic reactions, enthalpy in many forms, calculate enthalpy problems, and use Hess' Law to calculate enthalpy of a...
Lesson Plan
Agriculture in the Classroom

Six Kinds Do It All

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
Teach young engineers that all machines, no matter how complicated or complex, are made up of just six simple devices with this hands-on physical science lesson plan. Using the included templates, students first create paper models...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Kinetic and Potential Energy

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this kinetic and potential energy learning exercise, learners read for information and evaluate comprehension. In this multiple choice and fill in the blanks learning exercise, students answer fifteen questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Limiting Behavior of Selected Functions

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this limiting behavior of equations learning exercise, students use the Klien and Nishima formula to find the limit for large X which is the ratio of energy carried by a photon compared to the rest mass energy of an electron.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Making Acrostics

For Students 8th
In this making acrostics worksheet, 8th graders read the definition of an acrostic, read an example of one and write 3 acrostics using the words work, energy and machine.