1. View Bozeman science video Patterns

2. What patterns can you see in your home energy use? Write down your ideas and observations for the questions below.  Do you have other ideas and observations for home energy use that are not on this list?

• • When do you turn on and turn off  lights? How long do your lights usually stay on?

  • When do you watch TV?  How long does your TV stay on?

  • When do you use your computer?  How long do they stay on?

  • Do you have a microwave?  When do you use your microwave? How long is it on?

  • What things in your home are always on? What things sometimes use energy? What things never use energy?

1. Write down you ideas for these two questions.  What examples can you provide for each? "What is energy?"  and "What is not energy?"   

2. What patterns can you see in your ideas for "What is energy?" What patterns can you see in your ideas for "What is not energy?"  

3. Next think about whether you agree or disagree with each of the following statements:

• An object does not have to be moving to have potential energy.

• Heat and temperature are the same.

• When energy is used, it is gone forever.

• Energy cannot be measured.

• Only living things can have energy.

• Energy can be transformed from one type into another type.

• Chemical reactions can give off energy.

4.  Watch the Bill Nye Video on Energy.

5.  After viewing the Bill Nye Video, do you want to change some of your initial ideas about energy?  What evidence do you have from the video that supports your ideas? 

1. Write down you ideas for these two questions.  What examples can you provide for each? "What is energy?"  and "What is not energy?"   

2. What patterns can you see in your ideas for "What is energy?" What patterns can you see in your ideas for "What is not energy?"  

3. Next think about whether you agree or disagree with each of the following statements:

• An object does not have to be moving to have potential energy.

• Heat and temperature are the same.

• When energy is used, it is gone forever.

• Energy cannot be measured.

• Only living things can have energy.

• Energy can be transformed from one type into another type.

• Chemical reactions can give off energy.

4.  Watch the Bill Nye Video on Energy.

5.  After viewing the Bill Nye Video, do you want to change some of your initial ideas about energy?  What evidence do you have from the video that supports your ideas? 

1. Brainstorm and then write down a list of 10 examples of where you see energy being used  in your home.  Think about appliances like an oven or microwave.   You can use this worksheet to record your answers if you want to. 

2. Think about how much energy that item uses in a year. 

3. Then number the items in your list  from the item that uses the most energy in a year (#1) to the item that uses the least amount of energy in a year (#10).  

4. Watch the video - Saving Energy Around the Home. 

5. Read this article about reducing home energy use. 

• Top 25 quick and easy ways to save energy in your home

6. After what you have learned, would you change the ordering of the 10 items in your list? If so, what would you change?

7. Now that you have learned more about how to reduce home energy use, what patterns do you see? 

• When does your family use the most energy?

• When does your family use the least amount of energy? 

8. What could you do to change the patterns of your home energy use? 

9. What could you do in your home to reduce your energy usage? 

1. View this short video on How Do We Use Energy at Home.

2. Then use this student worksheet to guide your  evaluation of  the energy use of two different homes, one in New York and another in Texas. You will compare 10 different features of the homes and then answer some analysis questions. 

3. Reflect - How does where you live affect how much energy you use? What kids of things might influence your energy use?

Use this graphic organizer to share one pattern of energy use that you learned about this week