Energy for middle school, from naming the forms of energy through to wiring up a circuit. The lessons cover types of energy, potential and kinetic energy, energy transformations and transfer, heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation, conductors and insulators, series and parallel electric circuits, and simple machines and mechanical advantage.
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I used this as a review of what we had already covered when I had a substitute, the students were able to do it without my assistance and they did it and behaved well for sub which is not always the case so it was a win-win.
This was a great resource for my 8th grade students when we were working on energy transformations/transfer preparing for our Rube Goldberg project. It was a way to review what we had learned leading up to the project.
There are models activities and experiments for the ideas students need to see rather than read — thermal energy models, a bouncing-ball investigation of height and mass — plus a forms of energy gallery walk, task cards and anchor charts. Interactive lessons come as Google Slides™ and PowerPoint with guided notes, review questions and answer keys. The main lessons are also sold together as the energy unit.