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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Heat Energy Changes in Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on heat energy changes in chemical reactions. Exothermic reactions transfer energy to the surroundings. Endothermic reactions take in energy from the surroundings. It also offers links to a video and a test.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Transferring Heat Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this physical science lab, young scholars calculate the amount of heat transfer between water and a metal.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Com Padre: Introduction to Work and Energy: The Hopper Popper Surprise

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity will provide students with a qualitative understanding of the Work-Energy Theorem, especially on how the energy transferred depends on the distance over which the force is applied.
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Climate Literacy

Clean: How Much Energy Is on My Plate?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity leads students through a sequence of learning steps that highlight the embedded energy that is necessary to produce various types of food. Students start by thinking through the components of a basic meal and are later...
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Conservation of Mass and Energy in Living Systems

For Students 5th - 9th
Learn about the conservation of mass and energy as it applies to different living systems.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Energy Pyramids in Different Biome Locations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A research activity where students research the various biotic and abiotic factors that combine to make up a biome. The end product will be the creation of a PowerPoint presentation that identifies these factors and the creation of an...
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University of Calgary

University of Calgary: Energy Education: Geothermal Gradient

For Students 9th - 10th
A good, concise explanation of the geothermal gradient and how and why the Earth's temperature gets hotter and hotter with increasing depth. Includes two diagrams showing this and the heat transfer mechanisms that are taking place.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Understanding Solar Energy. Part 1

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson discusses how electromagnetic radiation transfer the sun's energy to earth. This lesson will also talk about the eight types of electromagnetic waves in the electromagnetic spectrum and how each type is used or found in our...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Heat Transfer

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the relationship between heat and energy transfer, and learn about the three ways that heat can be transferred between objects of different...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Solar Water: Heat It Up!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore energy efficiency, focusing on renewable energy, by designing and building flat-plate solar water heaters. They apply their understanding of the three forms of heat transfer (conduction, convection and radiation), as...
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Indiana University

Indiana Univ.: Global Energy Transfer, Atmosphere and Ocean Circulation, Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
A course lecture on the external processes that shape the Earth, specifically the hydrologic system. This system is powered by the Sun's energy. The components of the Earth's energy budget are described, and how these drive the movement...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: The Habitable Planet: Ecosystems: Energy Flow Through

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed explanation of the processes by which energy flows through an ecosystem. Scroll down and open Section 3.
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Energy in Living Systems: Harnessing the Energy of the Sun

For Students 9th - 10th
Background information on the history of photosynthesis. An explanation for how light is used to assist in making food for plants as the transfer of electrons allows energy to flow through the system.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Energy Levels, Electrons, Ionic Bonding

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discover that ionic bonding occurs when electrons are transferred from one atom to the other and not shared as in covalent bonding.
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Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Energy Spreading

For Students 9th - 10th
With an overview of topics related to chemical energetics, this site provides a foundation to a study of thermodynamics and information on energy spreading. Topics covered include quantum states, microstates, and energy spreading,...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Heat Transfer: From Hot to Not

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars learn the fundamental concepts of heat transfer and heat of reaction. This includes concepts such as physical chemistry, an equation for heat transfer, and a basic understanding of energy and heat transfer.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Transferring Heat by Convection in a Tank

For Students 9th - 10th
In this engineering science fair project, students will determine the most effective method for quickly raising the temperature of a liquid in a tank. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract,...
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Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Examples

For Students 3rd - 5th
Explains the definition of energy and gives some examples.
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Physics4kids

Physics4 kids.com: All Work and No Play

For Students 3rd - 8th
The concept of work is addressed in this brief explanation. The transfer of energy is also explained along with the method for measuring work. The resource provides an online quiz to check for understanding.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Heat Transfer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore how different colors absorb or reflect heat using a black can of water, a white can of water, and a plain can of water.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Heat Transfer Heat Absorption

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will be given a chance to place their hands on two different objects and then predict on which an ice cube will melt more quickly. Students will make a prediction as to what will happen when balloons filled with air and with...
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Heat Convection

For Students 9th - 10th
Using understandable words and exceptional graphics, this page describes the transfer of energy by means of the convection process. Contains several links to related topics.
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OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: Unit 6.2 Thermal Energy

For Teachers 6th
This unit on thermal energy transfer begins with students testing whether a new plastic cup sold by a store keeps a drink colder for longer compared to the regular plastic cup that comes free with the drink.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Transfer of Electric Charge

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Transfer of electric charge: transfer of electrons, conservation of charge and three ways electric charge can be transferred.

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