from place to place. (4-PS3-2) [Clarification Statement: Energy can also be Emphasis is on the change in transferred from place to place the energy due to the change by electric currents, which can in speed, not on the forces, as then be used locally to produce objects interact.] [Assessment motion, sound, heat, or light. Boundary: Assessment does The currents may have been not include quantitative produced to begin with by measurements of energy.] transforming the energy of 4-PS3-4. Apply scientific motion into electrical energy. ideas to design, test, and (4-PS3-2),(4-PS3-4) refine a device that converts energy from one PS3.C: Relationship form to another.* [Clarification Statement: Between Energy and Forces When objects collide, the Examples of devices could contact forces transfer energy include electric circuits that so as to change the objects’ convert electrical energy into motion energy of a vehicle, motions. (4-PS3-3) light, or sound; and, a passive PS3.D: Energy in Chemical solar heater that converts light Processes and Everyday Life into heat. Examples of constraints could include the The expression “produce materials, cost, or time to energy” typically refers to the conversion of stored energy into design the device.] a desired form for practical use. [Assessment Boundary: Devices should be limited to those that (4-PS3-4) convert motion energy to ESS3.A: Natural Resources electric energy or use stored energy to cause motion or Energy and fuels that produce light or sound.] humans use are derived from 4-ESS3-1. Obtain and natural sources, and their use affects the environment in combine information to describe that energy and multiple ways. Some resources fuels are derived from are renewable over time, and others are not. (4-ESS3-1) natural resources and their uses affect the environment. [Clarification ETS1.A: Defining Statement: Examples of Engineering Problems
from place to place. (4-PS3-2) Energy can also be transferred from place to place by electric currents, which can then be used locally to produce motion, sound, heat, or light. The currents may have been produced to begin with by transforming the energy of motion into electrical energy. (4-PS3-2),(4-PS3-4) PS3.C: Relationship Between Energy and Forces When objects collide, the contact forces transfer energy so as to change the objects’ motions. (4-PS3-3) PS3.D: Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life The expression “produce energy” typically refers to the conversion of stored energy into a desired form for practical use. (4-PS3-4) ESS3.A: Natural Resources Energy and fuels that humans use are derived from natural sources, and their use affects the environment in multiple ways. Some resources are renewable over time, and others are not. (4-ESS3-1) ETS1.A: Defining Engineering Problems [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the change in the energy due to the change in speed, not on the forces, as objects interact.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include quantitative measurements of energy.] 4-PS3-4. Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.* [Clarification Statement: Examples of devices could include electric circuits that convert electrical energy into motion energy of a vehicle, light, or sound; and, a passive solar heater that converts light into heat. Examples of constraints could include the materials, cost, or time to design the device.] [Assessment Boundary: Devices should be limited to those that convert motion energy to electric energy or use stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.] 4-ESS3-1. Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment. [Clarification Statement: Examples of
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