Energy Curriculum Map

Building on their present knowledge base, students will have the opportunity to learn about various types of energy using the five-step investigative method.

In each section you will find:
• Teacher Notes: ideas and suggestions for conducting experiments and completing activities.
• Materials List: items needed to carry out experiments and activities.
• Pre-assessment Quiz: a quick overview of what students already know about the topic.
• Activities and Experiments: simply laid out instructions and worksheets.
• What Have You Learned?: A quick review of concepts covered and a check for student understanding.

Contents Include:

• At A Glance – Skill List

• Teacher Rubric

• Student Rubric

• Introduction

Activities and Experiments

Light and Sound Energy

• Teacher Notes

• Materials List

• Answer Key

• Pre-assessment Quiz

• Student Activities and Experiments

• What Have You Learned?

LIGHT:

1. Natural and Artificial Light:

• Meaning of natural and artificial light

• Identify sources of each type of light

• Distinguish between objects giving off light and heat, and those that give off  light but no heat

2. Behavior and Characteristics of Light

• How light travels

• Meaning of emission and reflection

• Identify objects that emit or reflect light  

• Recognize the importance of light reflectors in daily safety

• Meaning and relationship of reflection and refraction

• Identify objects that are related to light

3. Uses of Light

4. The Meaning of the Spectrum

5. Invisible Light

SOUND:

1. Sound waves

• How sound is produced

• How sound travels

• Measuring sound

2. Information from Sound and Uses of Sound

3. Characteristics of sound

4. The Human Ear: how it hears sound

5. Making a Musical Instrument

Conservation of Energy

• Teacher Notes

• Materials List

• Answer Key

• Pre-assessment Quiz

• Student Activities and Experiments

• What Have You Learned?

1. Characteristics of Energy:

• suppliers and types of energy

• kinetic and potential energy

• friction

• input and output

2. Sources

• features of different energy sources

• renewable and non-renewable

• energy pyramid

3. Applications

• storage of energy for later use

• transference

4. The future of energy

• human use of energy

• conservation practises and plans

• alternative sources

5. Research a topic and present results.

Electrical Energy

• Teacher Notes

• Materials List

• Answer Key

• Pre-assessment Quiz

• Student Activities and Experiments

• What Have You Learned?

1. Characteristics of Electricity:

• identify presence in daily life

• current and static electricity

2. Investigate:

• transformation of electrical energy into other forms

• the relationship between electricity and magnetism in an electromagnetic device

• electromagnetic energy

• materials that conduct electricity

• different types of switches that are used to control electrical devices

3. The future of electricity:

• human use

• standby power

• conservation practises and plans

4. Research a topic and present results.

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