Energy

Download all of the lesson plans here.

Lesson 1 - Session 1 - Day 1:

• 45 minutes
• Big Idea 1
• Vocabulary (energy in action, stored energy)
  
• Complete the worksheet.
• Introduce Technology integration activity.

Lesson 1 - Session 1 - Day 2:

• 60-75 minutes
• Laptops
• schools.clipart.com
• Microsoft Word
• Print and Hang in Hallway or Post on Website

Lesson 1 - Session 2:

• 45 minutes
• Reflect and Synthesize
  

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Lesson 2 - Session 1 - Day 1:

• 30 minutes
• Skill Building Activity 1
• Reflect and Synthesize

Lesson 2 - Session 1 - Day 2:

• 75 minutes
• Quick Card Sort based on their own categories
• Now, sort them into "Stored Energy," "Energy in Action," or "Both."
  
• Vocabulary (all 8 forms of energy - not solar yet)
• Sort cards into the eight categories that are in TB Chapter 1 (but don't show the kids that chapter yet)
  
• Read Textbook Chapter 1 to see which answers are correct
  
• Reflect and Synthesize

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Lesson 2 - Session 2:

• 60 minutes
  
• Need Parent Volunteers
• Digital Cameras

Lesson 2 - Session 3 - Days 1 and 2:

• 60 minutes each
• Create Energy Wheels
• Upload photos onto classroom computers
• Sort them into the wedges of the Energy Wheel
• Save as a JPG by taking a screen shot
• Upload onto e-Portfolios and reflect
• HW: Read Chapter 2
  

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Lesson 3 - Session 1:

• 60 minutes
• Solar Propeller Demonstration
• Vocabulary (energy transfer)
• Complete the organizer (starbursts)
• Read Chapter 2

Lesson 3 - Session 2 - Days 1 and 2:

• 60 minutes each day
  
• Laptops
• Toy Stations (6 rotations each day)
  
• Create Energy Transfer videos on PhotoBooth
  
• Upload Energy Transfer videos to YouTube

Lesson 3 - Session 3:

• 60 minutes
• Reflect and Synthesize (watch videos and comment)
• HW: Read Chapter 3
  

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Lesson 5 - Session 1:

• 60 minutes
• One light bulb and lamp
• Buckets with cups attached
• Ice
• Temperature Probes

Lesson 5 - Session 2:

• 45 minutes
  
• Create-a-Graph or Logger Lite data
• Post graphs and data charts to e-Portfolios
• Reflect and Synthesize
• HW: Read Chapter 5
  

Skill Building Activity 4:

• 60 minutes
  
• Ball Bounce Lab
• Various balls

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Lesson 6:

• 75 minutes
• Butter and rods experiment
• Read Chapter 6 while waiting for butter to slide
• Complete pages 22-24 in soft-cover book.
• HW: Read Chapter 6
  

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Lesson 7 - Session 1:

• 60 minutes
• Insulator materials
• Bottles
• Temperature Probes and laptops
  
• Ice
• HW: Gather insulation materials

Lesson 7 - Session 2:

• 60 minutes
• Plan and create insulated bottle
• Ice
• Temperature Probes and laptops
  
• Complete pages 32-33 in soft-cover book
• Reflect and Synthesize
• HW: Read Chapter 7
  

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Lesson 8:

• 45-60 minutes
  
• Light bulbs and lamps
• HW: Read Chapter 8

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Lesson 9 - Session 1:

• 45-60 minutes
• Teach Chain Reaction Inventions
• Show Rube Goldberg video
• Read pages 114-119 together
• Read Chapter 9 together

Lesson 9 - Session 2:

• 60 minutes
• Complete the graphic organizer on paper
• Copy it over to Creately.com if time

Lesson 9 - Session 3:

• 60 minutes
• Create posters with color
• Print out organizers and mount on poster
• Hang in hallway
• Take photos and upload to e-Portfolio
• Reflect and Synthesize

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Click here to download the Rube Goldberg graphic organizer as a PDF.
Click here to download the Rube Goldberg graphic organizer as a JPG.
Click here to download the Rube Goldberg graphic organizer as a Creately file.