Energy

Energy (General Information)

Energy Information Administration Kids’ Page - http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/

Energy facts, energy history, sources of energy, uses of energy, classroom activities

Fact Monster - http://www.factmonster.com/index.html

Good general reference – includes dictionaries and encyclopedias

BrainPop - All movies about Energy - http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/

Kinetic and Potential Energy

1) Potential and Kinetic Energy

http://www.enwin.com/kids/electricity/types_of_energy.cfm

Read and list 5 examples of potentail energy and 5 examples of kinetic energy. Save and print this list - keep it in your science folder

2) Brain Pop - Forms of Energy

http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/formsofenergy/

Watch the movie and take the quiz - make sure your score is recored by an adult

3) Brain Pop - Kinetic Energy

http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/kineticenergy/

Watch the movie and take the quiz - make sure your score is recorded by an adult

4) Brain Pop - Potential Energy

http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/potentialenergy/

Watch the movie and take the quiz - make sure your score is recorded by an adult.

5) Amusement Park Physics

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/coaster.html

Experiment with your own roller coaster!

6) Funderstanding Roller Coaster

http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/

Sound

The Soundry

http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/Main.html?tqskip1=1

A ThinkQuest site – higher level reading

• How We Perceive Sound

• Physics of Sound - http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/Physics.html (go here first)

• Applications of Sound

• The Timeline

• The Interactive Sound Lab

Parts of a Wave

http://id.mind.net/~zona/mstm/physics/waves/partsOfAWave/waveParts.htm

How Sound Works – Sound Basics

http://stuffo.howstuffworks.com/hearing1.htm

Soundwaves and the Eardrum

http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/waves/edl.html

Sound Site

http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sound/

Excellent info and activities from Science Museum of Minnesota

LIGHT

Science of Light

http://www.gelighting.com/na/home/gela/students/science.htm

Start here!! Has a glossary built in – click on Vocabulary to Learn to access the glossary

How Stuff Works – Light

http://science.howstuffworks.com/light.htm

Optics Bench

http://webphysics.davidson.edu/Applets/optics4/default.html

Light and Optics

http://camillasenior.homestead.com/optics.html

Light & Optics - Lenses and Light

http://www.valemount.com/joel/lightoptics/lenses.htm

Light and Optics

http://www.valemount.com/joel/lightoptics/

Science, Optics and You

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/index.html

Reflection of Light

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/reflectionintro.html

Refraction of Light

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/lightandcolor/refractionintro.html

Heat

Conduction, Convection and Radiation

http://www.mansfieldct.org/Schools/MMS/staff/hand/convcondrad.htm

Heat Flow Applet

http://www.concord.org/applets/heat-flow/

Kinetic and Potential Energy

http://www.st-agnes.org/~lstinson/webpages/kinpot.htm

Kinetic and Potential Energy

http://library.thinkquest.org/2745/data/ke.htm

Heat and Chemical Energy

http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/as/physics/2/asp2_6a.html

Read about the experiment – good info.

Magnetic Energy

BrainPop - Magnets

http://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/magnetism/

BrainPop – Compass

https://www.brainpop.com/technology/scienceandindustry/compass/

BrainPop – Electromagnetism

https://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/electromagnets/

Magnets and Springs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/magnets_springs.shtml

Introduction to Magnetism

http://www.ndt-ed.org/EducationResources/HighSchool/Magnetism/magnetismintro.htm

Magnetism

http://www.mcwdn.org/Physics/Magnetism.html

EduPlace

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsc/activities/simulations/gr2/unitf.html

Fairly simple, but has a couple of short activities with a compass and magnet

Harcourt School

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/504/deploy/interface.swf

Short but good info

Wise Up

http://www.goldridge08.com/1games/magnet.swf

Basic

Bitsize Science – Magnets

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/physical_processes/magnets/play/

Play a game, read some info, take a quiz

Magentism Games

http://www.magnetgames.net/magnetism.html