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Chapter 18 - Thermal and Light Energy
Vocabulary
Concepts to be Covered
- An object has potential energy due to its position and kinetic energy due to its motion
- Understand that thermal energy is the total kinetic and potential energy of the particles in a substance
- Know the difference between thermal energy, temperature, and heat
- Know that heat flows in solids by conduction
- Know how heat is transferred through convection and radiation
- Know that heat moves easily through conductors but not through insulators
- Waves carry energy
- Identify the differences and similarities between transverse waves and compressional waves
- Light can be reflected, refracted, transmitted, and absorbed by matter
- White light is made up of a mixture of many different colors of light
Target Reading Skill
- Compare and Contrast: to tell how things are alike and to tell how things are different
Lab Zone
- Infer that both light and heat are forms of energy
- Measure temperature change
- Recognize that a graph can show some types of data more clearly than a table
Resources/Activities
- Go to https://www.spellingcity.com/gboe8/ to learn vocabulary words
- select Chapter 17 Thermal and Light Energy
- click on each word to hear it, hear it spelled, and hear it in a sentence
- click on Play a Game and play a game under the Green “Free Activities” side
- Go to http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/index.htm for videos and quizzes we have done in class
- Go to "See All Topics" Tab
- Select Energy, Light, Sound
- Pick a video we have viewed
- In class video: Discovery Channel School Student DVD (7 minutes)
- Go to your online textbook to hear the chapter read to you
- Go to “Take it to the Net” to play Games and see other activities. Remember to click on Physical Science and Chapter 18!
Remember to always try, give it your best, and ask questions when you need any help! Happy Science Day!
Contact Info:
Mrs. Gail Boe
6th Grade Teacher
Washington Elementary
gboe@newulm.k12.mn.us
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