DAY

TOPIC
Intro to Energy

OBJECTIVES (Students will be able to)

Define energy.
Identify several forms of energy.
Explain the Law of Conservation of Energy.

Explain the difference between kinetic and

potential energy.
Apply the marble experiment to the Law of
Conservation of Energy.
4-PS3-3 Ask questions that can be investigated
and predict reasonable outcomes based on
patterns such as cause and effect
relationships.

Identify that vibrations create sounds.

Defend that vibrations create sounds using
data from a variety of experiments.
Work cooperatively with groupmates.
5.II.I.II.3 Know that there are different forms of
energy.

Predict which medium through which sound

will travel best.
Summarize why sound travels best through
solids.
Work cooperatively with groupmates.
5.II.I.II.3 Know that there are different forms of
energy.

Apply knowledge of electrical charges to

explain static electricity.
Work cooperatively with groupmates.
5.II.I.II.3 Know that there are different forms of
energy.

Potential, Kinetic,
Conservation of Energy

Sound Energy

Sound Energy

Static Electricity

* Daily assessments will come via students individual energy journals.

5.II.I.II.3 Know that there are different forms

of energy.
5.II.I.II.4 Describe how energy can be stored
and converted to a different form of energy.
5.I.I.III.1 Use appropriate units to make
precise and varied measurements.
5.I.I.III.3 Make predictions based on analyses
of data, observations, and explanations.
5.II.I.II.4. Describe how energy can be stored
and converted to a different form of energy.

4-PS3-3 Ask questions that can be

investigated and predict reasonable
outcomes based on patterns such as cause
and effect relationships.
5.I.I.III.3 Make predictions based on analyses
of data, observations, and explanations.
4-PS3-3 Ask questions that can be
investigated and predict reasonable
outcomes based on patterns such as cause
and effect relationships.
5.I.I.III.3 Make predictions based on analyses
of data, observations, and explanations.
4-PS3-3 Ask questions that can be
investigated and predict reasonable
outcomes based on patterns such as cause
and effect relationships.
5.I.I.III.3 Make predictions based on analyses
of data, observations, and explanations.

Electrical Circuits

Compare the energy released in static

electricity to the energy in an electrical current.
Demonstrate several ways of making a
complete electrical circuit.
Work cooperatively with groupmates.

Thermal Energy

Thermal Energy

Final Projects

Describe why human beings are not good

judges of temperature.
Work cooperatively with groupmates.
5.II.I.II.3 Know that there are different forms of
energy.

Reference proof that thermal energy is based

on the total energy of the particles in an
object.
Work cooperatively with groupmates.
4-PS3-1 Use evidence to construct an
explanation relating the speed of an object to
the energy of that object.
5.II.I.II.3 Know that there are different forms of
energy.

Give evidence of their knowledge of one or

more energy types.
5.II.I.II.3 Know that there are different forms of
energy

* Daily assessments will come via students individual energy journals.

4-PS3-3 Ask questions that can be

investigated and predict reasonable
outcomes based on patterns such as cause
and effect relationships.
5.I.I.III.3 Make predictions based on analyses
of data, observations, and explanations.
5.II.I.II.3 Know that there are different forms
of energy.
4-PS3-3 Ask questions that can be
investigated and predict reasonable
outcomes based on patterns such as cause
and effect relationships.
5.I.I.III.3 Make predictions based on analyses
of data, observations, and explanations.
4-PS3-3 Ask questions that can be
investigated and predict reasonable
outcomes based on patterns such as cause
and effect relationships.
5.I.I.III.1 Use appropriate units to make
precise and varied measurements.
5.I.I.III.3 Make predictions based on analyses
of data, observations, and explanations.
Work cooperatively with a partner.
4-PS3-3 Ask questions that can be
investigated and predict reasonable
outcomes based on patterns such as cause
and effect relationships.