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How is Atomic Energy Used Today
Students investigate energy sources by examining photographs. In this atomic energy lesson, students identify and describe various pictures and how atomic energy is used in them. Students create a presentation...
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Primary/Elementary Activity: Active Energy Sources
In this active energy source worksheet, learners act out the energy source words in a game. Students complete 12 different actions for the 12 different energy sources.
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Energy Resources and Transfers
For this heat and temperature worksheet, students decide how 4 objects transfer their heat energy. Students answer 8 short answer questions involving energy resources and transfers.
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Energy Agents in Action
Students share information about energy use and conservation. For this energy use lesson, students work as a production team to make an instructional video about basic energy information. They develop a short survey about energy use that...
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Energy Efficiency Ambassadors
Young scholars research energy conservation devices. They also create their own light efficiency project and presents their findings on science fair night.
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Summer Camp 2050
Students create a camp for the future. In this simulation activity, students will research various energy sources, and create a proposal for the "city council" to recommend what energy sources should be used for a summer camp in the year...
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Not Just a Corny Idea
Students explore ways in which ethanol can be created using alternate energy sources.
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Energy Play: Harry Spotter and the Chamber of Windy Myths
Students explore the concept of renewable energy. In this alternative energy lesson, students participate in a play that conveys information regarding wind energy. The script may be performed as a play with props or as a reader's theatre.
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Mission 6: Renewable Energy
In these renewable energy worksheets, students learn about renewable energy and energy sources. Students complete a 23 page packet for the activity.
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This Mine of Mine
Learners explore natural resources by conducting a geology experiment in class. In this mineral mining instructional activity, students discuss the types of geological material that can be found when mining and the uses for these...
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Hot and Cold Colors
Students experiment with the color and solar energy absorption. In this color and solar energy absorption instructional activity, students spend two days discussing and experimenting with the concept of energy absorption. They paint cans...
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Mission 7: Saving Energy
In these saving energy worksheets, students learn about energy and how to conserve it. Students complete a 22 page packet for the activity.
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Grass as Biomass
Students explore energy properties by listening to a sustainability lecture in class. In this biomass instructional activity, students identify what biomass is, how it can be transformed into a usable energy and how it complements the...
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Machines: Designing Form and Function
Students design a boat model with simplified steam engine. In this ecology lesson plan, students compare renewable and nonrenewable energy sources. They determine the efficiency of their boat model.
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Energizing Resources
Seventh graders describe electrical energy and how it is produced. In this natural resource lesson plan, 7th graders explain the various ways of obtaining and using natural resources for energy and the environmental consequences. They...
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Characteristics of Energy
Students explore Earth science by completing energy worksheets in class. In this energy forms lesson, students identify and define a list of energy vocabulary terms and a K-W-L chart. Students view a matter video clip in class and...
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Seein' Double, Seein' Double
By using the Internet, hands-on activities, video, and cooperative learning, pupils look into the conditions in which light casts shadows on objects. The lesson plan includes fabulous hands-on activities, art projects, worksheets, and...
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Energetic Musical Instruments
Students apply the principles and concepts associated with energy and the transfer of energy in an engineering context through the designing and making of a musical instrument. After the accomplishment of the design, students must...
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Matisse Prints du Soleil
The sun provides the link between this art and science activity. Kids use sunlight (or light from an artificial source) to produce heliographic prints on fabric or paper.
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Make a Windmill
Students explore Earth science by conducting an energy experiment in class. In this windmill lesson, students identify how wind has been used to pump water throughout history and the latest developments wind energy has produced. Students...
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Balance of Nature Pyramid
Young scholars study the concept of food chains and create a physical forest food chain pyramid. In this balance of nature pyramid lesson, students identify the ingredients needed on each level of the pyramid then make connections...
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How Powerful is Static Electricity
Students explore energy by participating in controlled electricity experiment. In this static electricity lesson, students identify the different sources that can create energy and how static electricity can be created very easily on...
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The Awful 8: The Play
Students perform a play based on pollution. In this pollution science instructional activity, students perform a play about different pollutants and how it effects our daily lives.
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Marine Food Web
Students investigate the effects of the food chain on all animals by creating a food web. In this seafood lesson plan, students discuss energy flow and research a specific marine organism of their choice. Students create a...