Please click on the links below to download useful resources for the Energy unit.
Web links and additional reading for each lesson cluster
Energy Transfers Lessons.pdf
Heat Energy Transfers Lessons.pdf
Putting Energy to Work Lessons.pdf
Photo Cards, Teacher Masters, and Visuals
Energy Visuals
Energy Photo Cards
Energy Teacher Masters
Videos:
Teacher Video: Heat Energy Transfers
Teacher Video: Making a Solar Pulley
Teacher Video: Heat Conductors Setup
Student Video: Solar Pulley Demonstration
Student Video: Solar Propeller Demonstration
Student Video: Heat Conductors
This is a REALLY cool podcast. Listen to it while you work!
Did you know that metals are actually crystals? Or that stainless steel was invented by accident? In his book Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials that Shape Our Man-Made World, Mark Miodownik takes stock of the stuff around us—a metal spoon, a drinking glass, a concrete building—and explains why these everyday materials are truly extraordinary. (Read an excerpt from the book here.)
http://www.sciencefriday.com/segment/06/06/2014/it-s-a-material-world.html