Take it Home Program Outline Activity Time Content Overview Activities Whole class focus: students brainstorm ideas Golf ball 1 hour lesson Potential and kinetic What is energy and what are some different around energy (food for our bodies, energy use at experiment energy forms of energy? Links and school and at home etc). Develop a working definition for the report outline Law of Conservation Golf ball energy experiment concept/term energy based on provided of Energy Revisit their original energy brainstorm ideas and observation of the world around them. categorise these ideas according to whether they Identify and differentiate between types of are examples of heat, chemical, potential, kinetic, energy (potential, kinetic, heat, chemical, magnetic or mechanical energy (remind students mechanical, magnetic). that some things will fit into more than one and including units of category and that they will need to suggest why). ‘Energy’ ‘power’ measurement of electricity. In small groups students are given a selection of – objects. Students to describe what kind of energy each has (objects might include wind-up toy, rubber band, tennis ball, spinning top, etc.). Simple experiments to explore energy transfer- Energy 3 x 1 hour Elastic and kinetic What is energy and how is it transferred? see Rubber Band Car Experiment transfer lesson energy Understand the concept of energy experiment transfer. Links and Student lead inquiry (Rubber band report outline Understand the concept of efficiency. car) provided Use the specific example of hydro electricity to Bouncing ball What is the connection between energy and explore connection between energy and electricity. experiment electricity? Draw and label a flowchart or diagram that How can we represent energy transfer? describes the energy forms and changes that occur as water is released from dams and runs Connect energy transfer to the production into power stations. Students could then draw of electricity. flowcharts for other energy transfer processes Identify and label a system of energy around them (i.e. boiling kettle, running the car). transfer. Discuss/investigate why Hydro Tasmania is Understand the law of conservation of
Take it Home Program Outline Activity Time Content Overview Activities Golf ball experiment 1 hour lesson Links and report outline provided Potential and kinetic energy Law of Conservation of Energy What is energy and what are some different forms of energy? Develop a working definition for the concept/term energy based on observation of the world around them. Identify and differentiate between types of energy (potential, kinetic, heat, chemical, mechanical, magnetic). ‘Energy’ and ‘power’ including units of measurement of electricity. Whole class focus: students brainstorm ideas around energy (food for our bodies, energy use at school and at home etc). Golf ball energy experiment Revisit their original energy brainstorm ideas and categorise these ideas according to whether they are examples of heat, chemical, potential, kinetic, magnetic or mechanical energy (remind students that some things will fit into more than one category and that they will need to suggest why). In small groups – students are given a selection of objects. Students to describe what kind of energy each has (objects might include wind-up toy, rubber band, tennis ball, spinning top, etc.). Energy transfer experiment (Rubber band car) 3 x 1 hour lesson Links and report outline provided Elastic and kinetic energy Student lead inquiry What is energy and how is it transferred? Understand the concept of energy transfer. Understand the concept of efficiency. Simple experiments to explore energy transfer- see Rubber Band Car Experiment Bouncing ball experiment What is the connection between energy and electricity? How can we represent energy transfer? Connect energy transfer to the production of electricity. Identify and label a system of energy transfer. Understand the law of conservation of Use the specific example of hydro electricity to explore connection between energy and electricity. Draw and label a flowchart or diagram that describes the energy forms and changes that occur as water is released from dams and runs into power stations. Students could then draw flowcharts for other energy transfer processes around them (i.e. boiling kettle, running the car). Discuss/investigate why Hydro Tasmania is
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