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Unit: Work, Power, and Energy
Note: See the IS II Semester II CG for more ideas and resources
Recall Reference
Points
(relevant elementary &
middle grade
benchmarks)
SC.3.P.10.1 - Identify some basic forms of energy such as light, heat, sound, electrical, and
mechanical.
SC.3.P.10.2 - Recognize that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change.
SC.3.P.10.3 - Demonstrate that light travels in a straight line until it strikes an object or travels
from one medium to another.
SC.3.P.10.4 - Demonstrate that light can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed.
SC.4.P.10.1 - Observe and describe some basic forms of energy, including light, heat, sound,
electrical, and the energy of motion.
SC.4.P.10.2 - Investigate and describe that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change.
SC.4.P.10.3 - Investigate and explain that sound is produced by vibrating objects and that pitch
depends on how fast or slow the object vibrates.
SC.4.P.10.4 - Describe how moving water and air are sources of energy and can be used to move
things.
SC.5.P.10.1 - Investigate and describe some basic forms of energy, including light, heat, sound,
electrical, chemical, and mechanical.
SC.5.P.10.2 - Investigate and explain that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change.
SC.6.P.11.1 - Explore the Law of Conservation of Energy by differentiating between potential and
kinetic energy. Identify situations where kinetic energy is transformed into potential
energy and vice versa.
SC.7.P.11.2 - Investigate and describe the transformation of energy from one form to another.
SC.7.P.11.3 - Cite evidence to explain that energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only changed
from one form to another.
Textbook
Holt Science Spectrum Physical Science
 Chapter 12, Section 1, Pages 378 – 381
 Chapter 12, Section 3, Pages 391 – 395
 Chapter 12, Section 4, Pages 400 – 405
FCIM Lessons
Sc.912.p.10.3 (Work and Power)
Sc.912.p.10.6 (Potential Energy in a Pendulum)
Labs
SC.912.N.1.1
SE1-Quick Lab pg. 405 “Is Energy Conserved in a Pendulum” Worksheet.
Fantastic PhET simulation for energy transformations in a pendulum @
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/pendulum-lab. Scroll down for several
inquiry based lab options and teaching ideas.
Roller Coaster Lab PE, KE and energy transformation.
Skate Park PhET Simulation for Energy Transformations @
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park Scroll down for
several inquiry based lab options and teaching ideas.
Bouncing Ball Lab - Addresses the concept of energy loss in a closed system.
Demos
UW-Madison Physics Lecture Demonstration Work-Energy @
http://demo1.physics.wisc.edu/UW-Demos_Pira/1M-Work-Energy.html#1M10
Demonstrations and teaching ideas from KEEP Wisconsin K-12 Energy Education Program @
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/wcee/keep/Mod1/Whatis/experiments.htm
SE pg 403 Quick Activity: Energy Transfer.
Gizmos
www.explorelearning.com
Websites
The Physics Classroom This is an awesome sight. You could probably teach the whole
unit from here, in several ways. Explore this site as soon as you can.
Energy, Work & Power at About.com:Physics @
http://physics.about.com/od/energyworkpower/Energy_Work_Power.htm
Lessons
See The Physics Classroom
See the PhET simulations listed in the Lab section above.
PowerPoint - Work According to Physics
PowerPoint – Energy, Work, and Power - Has extension information (things not in the
benchmarks) at the end.
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