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Forms of Energy

NJCCCS:

5.1.4.C.2 Revise predictions or explanations on the basis of learning new information.

5.1.P.C.1 Communicate with other children and adults to share observations, pursue questions, and make predictions and/or conclusions.

5.1.4.C.3 Present evidence to interpret and/or predict cause-and-effect outcomes of investigations.

5.1.P.D.1 Represent observations and work through drawing, recording data, and “writing.”

5.1.4.D.1 Actively participate in discussions about student data, questions, and understandings.

5.1.4.D.2 Work collaboratively to pose, refine, and evaluate questions, investigations, models, and theories.

5.2.4.C.1 Compare various forms of energy as observed in everyday life and describe their applications.

6.1.4.B.5 Describe how human interaction impacts the environment in New Jersey and the United States.

6.1.4.B.8 Compare ways people choose to use and divide natural resources.

6.1.4.B.9 Relate advances in science and technology to environmental concerns, and to actions taken to address them.

How to use this web quest: Plan your lesson around how electrical energy is used in the home. Go into different types of energy and how we came to use the types of energy today. The students will look at the history of energy, scientists that invented forms of energy and facts about things around their home they can relate back to the lesson. Have the students work in pairs due to the amount of work for the time period.

Ideas for Adapting the Web quest for other grade levels and subjects:

This web quest may be used for other grade levels or subjects but appropriate adjustments to both the content and the process should be made. Change some of the links to incorporate easier reading material for younger grades. The teacher can also have the students work in groups or just simplify the amount of directions needed to be followed.