Science: Identify and Describe Different Forms of Energy

In Science, students are learning to identify and describe the different forms of energy such as light, heat, and sound.

Essential Questions:

What types of energy does an alarm clock make?  The alarm clock makes sound energy when it ticks and/or beeps.

What types of energy does a hair dyer make? The hair dryer demonstrates heat energy first, perhaps light energy with the red-hot coils, and sound energy as it blows air from the hair dryer fan.

Vocabulary:

Energy: The ability to do work

Heat

Light 

Sound

Lead students to understanding with the following questions:

When we use a flashlight, what types of energy can be seen?

What other tools produce this type of energy?

What are some ways that light energy is useful?

How would our lives be different if we did not have ways to produce light?

Videos for Kids on Energy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyVF6R9e6xE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUa7I7D_myU