Energy, Grades 1-3

Energy: Light, Heat, & Sound covers these concepts: energy can move and change things, energy exists in many forms, light is energy you can see, light moves in a straight line, light can pass through some materials and is stopped by other materials, light can be controlled by blocking a light source, heat is energy you can feel, heat can cause things to move and change, heat travels from warm objects to cold ones, heat can be controlled by containing it, sound is energy you can hear, sound energy is created by vibrating objects, sound travels at different speeds through different materials, sound can be controlled by changing the length of, or directing, sound waves, and light, heat, and sound can move and change matter. A variety of engaging activities present the concepts in ways that students can understand. Each concept presented includes: teacher directions for lessons and reproducible resource pages such as sets of picture cards, minibooks, and lab sheets to record the results of hands-on investigations.