Energy

[[image:energy_tlm_cover.gif align="right" caption="Click for More Info" link="http://www.sciencecompanion.com/module-overviews/energy-levels-4-6-physical-science/"]]Energy Levels (Levels 4-5-6)
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Students discuss what they think energy is, where it is found, things it does, and how it is used. They create “Energy Is All Around Us” collages, play a card game to identify energy forms, and search for examples of each form on their school grounds. Finally, they create an “Energy Wheel” to display examples of each energy form.
 * Cluster 1: What is Energy?**
 * ** Lesson 1: Energy is All Around Us and Resource Pages **
 * ** Lesson 2: Energy's Many Forms and Resource Pages **

Students work in small groups and rotate through several energy stations. They operate and discuss a variety of “energized” toys to identify the type of energy transfers that make each toy run. They learn how people use machines to harness energy transfers for useful tasks. The class builds three different boats, each utilizing a different type of energy transfer to propel it.
 * Cluster 2: Energy Transfers**
 * **Lesson 3: Energy Transfers - How Energy Makes Things Happen**
 * Lesson 4: Energy Transfers - Making Boats Go and Resource Pages

Students collect and graph temperature data to see how heat energy transfers from warmer to cooler water. They investigate how heat energy is conducted at different rates through different materials by comparing how long it takes for pats of butter to fall off rods made of various materials set in warm water. They also attempt to limit heat energy transfer by designing and testing insulation for water bottles.
 * Cluster 3: Heat Energy Transfers**
 * Lesson 5: Hot Water, Cold Water: Transferring Heat Energy
 * Lesson 6: Conductors: Testing the Transfer of Heat Energy
 * Lesson 7: Building a Better Water Bottle: Slowing the Transfer of Heat Energy


 * Cluster 4: Applying Energy Smarts**
 * Lesson 8: Getting More for Less: Energy Efficiency
 * Lesson 9: Inventions: Getting Energy to Work for Us