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Steamship Portland: Where's the Energy?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars examine how steamships operate. They describe the necessary energy conversions. They construct a model paddlewheel ship. They use rubber bands as examples of potential and kinetic energy as they unwind and set the models...
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Curated OER

Energy Transformations

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate energy and energy transformations. They compare the various forms of energy, create the circuit and sketch the connections. In addition, they label the circuit to identify areas where energy transformation is present.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Transition State Theory

For Students 9th - 12th
In this transition state theory worksheet, learners read about chemical reactions and the theory for how chemical reactions proceed. They answer questions about the activated complex, the activation energy and the collision theory all...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Energy and Work

For Students 7th - 10th
For this energy and work worksheet, students determine the forces acting upon objects and the work accomplished in moving objects. Students identify the location on a diagram where kinetic energy is increasing and they describe the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Potential and Kinetic Energy

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore how energy changes from one form to another within their surroundings. They explore how kinetic and potential energy relate to each other and the ability to do work. Students observe example of both kinetic and...
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Curated OER

Energy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students distinguish between kinetic an potential energy. They recognize that energy is conserved when changing from one form to another. Students compare the scientific meaning of work with its everyday meaning.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Energy Transformation

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify different kinds of energy such as heat energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, and magnetic energy. They investigate the concept of conservation of energy.
Activity
Museum of Science

Comeback Can

For Teachers K - 6th
Convert energy within a can. Learners build a can that suspends a weight inside the can via a rubber band. The pupils roll the can away from them as the rubber band wraps around itself. The force of the band unwinding brings the can back...
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Virginia Department of Education

Energy and ATP

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Take charge of your biology class by using this exciting analogy to relate the ATP process with batteries. Pupils use batteries and rubber bands to simulate the phosphate bonds between molecules in the body. They measure the distance in...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Forming a Molecular Bond

For Students 9th - 12th
They say two's company, but three's a crowd... unless you're talking about molecular bonding! Chemistry scholars experiment with two- versus three-atom bonding in an engaging simulation. Learners must place the third atom in a location...
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Energy, Light, Heat, and Sound

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate various forms of energy. They compare potential and kinetic energy at different points during the period of a pendulum, design an apparatus that displays potential and kinetic energy, and analyze the advantages...
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Energy Conservation Games

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students become acquainted with the first law of thermodynamics, which concerns the conservation of energy as it is transformed from one form to another. They identify forms of energy, and devices or processes that transform energy from...
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Curated OER

Searching for Tomorrow's Energy

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate energy. In this biology lesson plan, 5th graders will learn about energy, fossil fuels, and renewable and nonrenewable resources. Students will be participating in three lab activities which are described in...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Energy and Work: Transformation Through Engines

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct a webquest on an energy source they chose. In this physics lesson, students design an experiment to determine the factors affecting potential and kinetic energy. They calculate speed and create distance vs. time graphs.
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...
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Potential and Kinetic Energy

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore potential and kinetic energy. In this science lesson, 6th graders assume the role of a roller coaster engineer and design a roller coaster. Students use their knowledge of kinetic and potential energy to design a...
Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Pennsylvania’s Energy Supply

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders become familiar with the various types of energy and which types are found in Pennsylvania.  In this Pennsylvanian energy resources lesson, 3rd graders, identify wind and water as sources of energy.  Students...
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Reaction Kinetics

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this chemical reactions worksheet, students determine the reaction rate for various reactions, write balanced equations, create graphs showing the reaction over time, and calculate the activation energy and potential energy. This...
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Curated OER

Pendulums

For Teachers 7th - 12th
First-time physicists experiment with pendulums in this physics activity. They vary the weight of the bob, record how long each takes to complete ten period swings, and then calculate the time for one period. They repeat the procedure,...
Organizer
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How Does Energy Change Form?

For Students 8th - 12th
In this energy worksheet, students compare and contrast how potential energy and kinetic energy change form. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Home Energy Audit: Energy Worksheet

For Students 9th - 12th
In this energy worksheet, students compare work and energy, determine which situations require the greater amount of work, and explain kinetic and potential energy. This worksheet has 4 short answer questions and 4 fill in the blank...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Preschool Races

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
What determines which ball rolls the fastest — the weight, the radius, the material, or something else? Scholars select two balls to race down the inclined plane, determining their material and radius. As they race, the simulation graphs...
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Potential and Kinetic Energy Lessons

For Teachers 4th - 8th
You can explore potential and kinetic energy with these lesson plans and make the playground an outside laboratory.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Energeia -- Kinetic & Potential Energy Investigation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars compare and contrast kinetic and potential energy. They complete demonstrations of each and test the effect of varying mass and height on each type of energy. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson.

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