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ORC Resource Number #3459
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Converting Energy
Promising Practice
PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY

The purpose of this promising practice lesson is to introduce students to energy through the idea of energy transformations and conversions, and to develop students' ideas of what energy is and how it can be measured. This investigation could be the beginning of a unit on energy. The lesson begins with students exploring several activities on the Atom's Family website. For best results students should carry out the investigations described in the website. Students then pick up some foundational information about energy as they read part of the Energy Story, an online book. Finally students design and conduct an experiment around a question they devise about heating water. Safety considerations should be reviewed with students before they begin their experiments.(author/ts)

OHIO STANDARDS
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Science Academic Content Standards
Physical Sciences
Scientific Inquiry
NATIONAL STANDARDS
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National Science Education Standards
Science as Inquiry
Physical Science
RESOURCE TYPE
Instructional Resource
PRACTICE LEVEL
Promising Practice
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Grades 6–8
TOPICS
Science --
Physical Science;
Nature of Energy;
Energy Types/Sources (electricity, heat, light, sound, kinetic/potential, solar, geothermal, wind, etc.);
Conservation of Energy;
KEYWORDS
temperature;
heat;
thermometer;
energy conversion;
energy transformations;
measurement;
experiment;
observation;
conclusion;
energy
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science