Energy Author:Jo Ellen Moor For hands-on activities about forms, behavior, and effects of energy that connect science with real life, choose Energy: Light, Heat, & Sound. This book, designed with good science and easy teaching in mind, covers these concepts: — energy can move and change things — energy exists in many forms — light is energy you can see — light moves in a strai... more »ght line
light can pass through some materials and is stopped by other materials
light can be controlled by blocking a light source
heat is energy you can feel
heat can cause things to move and change
heat travels from warm objects to cold ones
heat can be controlled by containing it
sound is energy you can hear
sound energy is created by vibrating objects
sound travels at different speeds through different materials
sound can be controlled by changing the length of, or directing, sound waves
light, heat, and sound can move and change matter
Activities help children practice skills in: observation, analysis, communication, making comparisons, prediction, critical thinking, and recording. Areas of study address major themes such as: change, diversity, and cause and effect
Samples of the hands-on learning experiences:
investigate to prove that light travels in a straight line
test objects to determine if they are opaque, translucent, or transparent
conduct two investigations at a shadow center
make a thermometer
construct tests to determine how to keep a liquid hot
make super listener earphones and use them to conduct four investigations on sound
investigate and list materials that are good and poor conductors of sound
experiment to prove that light, heat, and sound can move or change matter
Contains many reproducible, ready-to-go resources, such as record sheets, logbook forms, minibooks, and picture cards. Illustrated throughout with fun, helpful line art. All 80 pages perforated for easy removal.« less