Essential Ideas: 

Energy cannot be created or destroyed it can only change forms

All energy systems are interconnected 

Energy resources must be used efficiently, considering the environmental impact of energy consumption, and exploring sustainable practices to meet current and future energy needs

Learning Objectives: 

1. Identify different forms of energy 

2. Identify different ways that energy is stored and transferred 

3. Produce and interpret energy diagrams to show how energy is transferred 

4. Compare the ways that energy is stored and transferred when a system changes 

5. Apply the equations for elastic potential energy, kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy 

6. Apply the equation for specific heat capacity 

7. Investigate the specific heat capacity of a metal 

8. Explain the relationship between power, energy transferred and time 

9. Calculate power 

10. Identify specific examples to define power 

11. Explain energy transfers in a closed system 

12. Describe methods for reducing unwanted energy transfers 

13. Define efficiency 

14. Explain how to increase efficiency 

15. Determine why many different energy resources are needed to meet energy demand 

16. Identify renewable and non-renewable energy resources 

17. Explain patterns and trends in the use of energy resources