Science Domain

 Science

Second  Grading Period

•  Understand characteristics of thermal and electrical energy transfer and interactions of matter and energy.

• Use models to compare the directional transfer of heat energy of matter through convection, radiation, and conduction.

• Use models to explain how the transfer of heat and resulting change of temperature impacts the behavior of matter to include conduction, expansion, and contraction. 

• Carry out investigations to compare the transfer of thermal energy in insulated and non-insulated materials (examples could include insulated box, solar cooker, or Styrofoam cup) 

• Engage in argument from evidence to classify materials as conductors and insulators of energy (both thermal and electrical).

• Carry out investigations to explain the transfer of electrical energy in electrical circuits, to include how a circuit requires a complete loop through which an electrical current can pass