1. Students to complete a title page for the energy topic.
2. With your table group complete a KWH of Energy.
What do you know?
What do you want to know?
How do you think you can find out?
2. With your table group complete a KWH of Energy.
What do you know?
What do you want to know?
How do you think you can find out?
Pre-Quiz:
1. State 3 forms of energy. 2. List 3 things that use energy and state the type of energy you think it uses. 3. What does it mean if your home is energy efficient? 4. Where does most of the energy on Earth originate from? 5. Watch the video and make a glossary of words that you think relate to energy. Choose 5 of these that you think are the most important and find a definition for them. |
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Learning IntentionI will know what energy can do to an object.
I will know the different types of energy Be able to define the terms potential and kinetic energy and tell the difference between each. |
Success CriteriaI can tell a friend what energy does to a specific thing.
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Explicit teaching:
What is energy? What are the different types of energy? What is the difference between Potential and Kinetic Energy? Student Activities: 1 -Heading in book: Energy Around Me. 2 -Students to click on the questions above and answer the following:
4 -Divide your page into two sections. Place the heading Potential Energy on one side and Kinetic Energy on the other.
5 - Watch the 2 videos below titles "the story of kinetic and potential energy" and "gravitation and elastic energy" then complete the activities: 6 - For each type of energy found in the videos, complete the following: a) Define the type of energy. b) Are there any different types of this energy? Use this link to help you. (Click Here) c) Describe a situation where you can see each type of energy. d) Draw a diagram that represents each type of energy. |
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Test Yourself
Learning Intention |
Success Criteria |
- Know what the law of conservation of energy is
- I am able to describe examples of this law occurring. |
- I can draw a flowchart that describes the Law of conservation of energy.
- I can observe each section of the diagram and tell a friend what is happening at each step. - I can get all the questions correct in the test yourself category. - I can help a friend who doesn't understand what the law means. |
Explicit Teaching:
- What is the law of conservation of energy? Student Activities: PART 1 -Heading in book: The law of conservation of energy. -Define the term Law of Conservation of energy using the following link. (Click Here) - Draw the examples on the right into your book. -Watch the video and write a description on how the Law of Conservation of Energy applies to roller coasters. |
STUDENT ACTIVITIES: PART 2
- Using iMovie on your iPad/iPhone: Create your own video to show the law of conservation of energy. Some Examples:
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Test Yourself
Learning Intention- Know what energy transfer is.
- Know the difference between heat and temperature. - Know how conduction, convection and radiation transfer heat or thermal energy.. - Be able to draw a energy transfer diagram. |
Success Criteria-I can tell a friend how heat energy is passed on from one place to another.
-I can draw a labelled diagram of each. -I can get all questions correct int the test yourself section. |
Explicit Teaching: What does energy transfer mean? Heat Energy: How does it transfer energy? STUDENT ACTIVITIES: Part 1 -Heading in book: Energy Transfer. 1 - Use the following link to define energy transfer. (Click here) 2 - Go to the Khan Academy website. Read the three headings and summarise your findings into your book. 3 - Draw a flow chart (Energy transfer diagram) of the changes in energy found in the image on the right Use this link to help you if you need it. (Click Here) 4 - State the energy transfer in: a) a Television b) your Mobile Phone c) a Radio d) a Dog e) a kettle 5 - Complete the worksheet below
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Learning Intention- Know common examples of energy transformations.
- Understand the Law of Conservation of energy. |
Success Criteria- I can solve problems involving energy transformations.
- I can use examples to explain how energy is never truely 'lost'. |
popping_corn_experiment.docx | |
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STUDENT ACTIVITIES: PART 2
- Heading in your book - Heat and Temperature 1 - Use this link (click here) to answer the following questions. Are heat and temperature the same thing? What is the difference? What are each measured in? 2 - Heat energy can be transferred in 3 ways. Use the link (Click here) to complete the following: (new video link)
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Test Yourself
Learning Intention- Know what useful and wasted energy are.
- Define the term efficient. -Be able to calculate energy efficiency. |
Success Criteria- I can define efficiency without reading it.
- I can give examples of useful energy and times where energy is wasted. - I can calculate energy efficiency using a calculator. |
Explicit Teaching:
- When is energy classified as useful? - When can energy be classified as wasted? - What does the word efficient mean? - How do we calculate energy efficiency? Students Activities: 1 - Heading in book: Useful and wasted energy. 2 - Define the following terms: 3 -Draw the table on the right into your workbooks and observe where some energy conversions become wasted energy. |
5 - Look over the image of the house above, then read the information on the right hand side. Once you finish, complete the following Energy Saver activity.
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6 - Students to draw the following equation and diagrams into their workbooks. (make it stand out because it's really important.
7 - Calculate the energy efficiency in the following example. Then complete the worksheet that follows.
energy_efficiency_worksheets.pdf | |
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8 - In small groups research how much energy is wasted in the average home each year.
9 -Use the link below to construct a plan to help people waste less energy in their homes.
ENERGY SAVING PLAN
9 -Use the link below to construct a plan to help people waste less energy in their homes.
- Your plan must be detailed
- Locate areas in which energy can be saved
- Provide at leat 15 recommendations for people to follow.
ENERGY SAVING PLAN
Learning IntentionKnow the difference between an atom and an ion.
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Success CriteriaI can successfully tell a friend the difference between an atom and an ion.
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Student Activities:
Heading in book: Atoms and ions
Using this link complete the following activities.
Students then to draw the following diagrams into their workbook.
Heading in book: Atoms and ions
Using this link complete the following activities.
- What is an atom?
- What are the three parts of an atom?
- Do atoms have an electric charge or are they neutral?
- What do we call an atom that has lost a few or gained a few electrons?
- Does an ion have an electric charge or is it neutral?
- What is the difference between an atom and an ion?
Students then to draw the following diagrams into their workbook.
Sub-heading in book: Electric Charge:
Students to draw the three diagrams below and answer the following questions:
What do you notice about the number of protons and electrons in each diagram.
How does this relate to the electric charge?
Students to draw the three diagrams below and answer the following questions:
What do you notice about the number of protons and electrons in each diagram.
- Diagram 1
- Diagram 2
- Diagram 3
How does this relate to the electric charge?
- Diagram 1
- Diagram 2
- Diagram 3
Learning Intention- Know what charges do when they come in contact with on another.
- Be able to describe static electricity and provide a real world example. |
Success Criteria
- I can tell a friend how static electricity is found in the real world.
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Explicit Teaching:
- Which charges in an object will attract to one another and which will repel? - What is static electricity? - What is static electricity caused by? - What are some real world examples of static electricity? link 1 or link 2 will help with this Student Activities: 1- Heading in book: Static Electricity. 2 - Recap the following by writing and finishing each sentence in your workbook.
3 - Watch the video and identify what will happen if...
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4 - Use the image on the right to complete the following activities.
5 - Describe how static electricity works in one of the following ways:
6 - Read the text book below and answer the questions that follow
7 - Complete the researching activity on lightning
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Learning Intention
Know how electricity flows through a circuit.
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Success CriteriaI can draw a circuit and describe how energy travels around it.
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Explicit Teaching:
What is a circuit?
What are some of the things we need to create a circuit?
What happens if we break a circuit?
How do we draw a circuit?
What is a circuit?
What are some of the things we need to create a circuit?
What happens if we break a circuit?
How do we draw a circuit?
- Subheading in book: Drawing a circuit
-Rules we must follow:
Lead pencil
Ruler
Always done as a square.
Students to draw the images below
-Rules we must follow:
Lead pencil
Ruler
Always done as a square.
Students to draw the images below
Watch the video below and complete the following:
Describe what is happening in each circuit.
Describe what is happening in each circuit.
DESIGNING CIRCUITS INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY
Complete the research activity below
electrical_circuits.docx | |
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electric_circuits-project_work.docx | |
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