Energy Matters

The Competition

This event will be run in a station format. Teams will rotate through stations that assess any or all of the following topics:

a. The size and parts of an atom.

b. The behavior of atoms in different states of matter (solid, liquid, gas) regarding shape and volume.

c. The concept of relative density and how it can be changed in solids, liquids, and gases.

d. The properties of matter to include: attraction to magnets, flexibility, conductivity of heat and/or electricity, strength, and reaction to water.

e. How substances can change when they are heated or cooled.

f. Given a demonstration, be able to explain whether a chemical or physical change has occurred based on the properties of the original and new materials.

g. The basic forms of energy and how they travel: electrical, heat, light, magnetic, and sound.

h. How energy can be transferred from one object to another (conduction, convection, friction, radiation).

Resources

Study Jams - select the topic Matter

Study Jams - select the topic Energy, Light and Sound

Click the image on the right to simulate the heating and cooling of atoms.

Click the image on the right to simulate solubility.

DK find out - Magnets

DK Find Out - Energy

DK Find Out - Movement of heat