Thermal & Radiant Energy
Learn about and experiment with heat and light energy.
Overview
Think about ways people use energy and conduct experiments using energy from the sun.
Materials
Goals
Objectives
Common Core State Standards
Next Generation Science Standards
Materials
Vocabulary Lesson
- Computer or other device with internet + speakers.
Math Concepts Lesson
- Computer or other device with internet + speakers.
Exploration Activity
- Computer with internet access + speakers.
- “Ke Ahi and Ka Lā Bar Graph Activity” PowerPoint
Discovery Lesson
- Computer with internet access + speakers.
- “Scientific Process” worksheet (one per experiment that you choose to do)
- Purifying Water Experiment
- The sun
- Water
- One bowl
- Spices (such as garlic powder, curry, salt, etc.)
- A small cup (needs to be smaller than the bowl)
- Plastic wrap
- A small rock (or small weight/marble/washer)
- Making Tea Experiment
- The sun
- Water
- Jars with lids
- Tea bags (one per jar)
- Making Raisins Experiment
- The sun
- Water
- Paper towels
- Grapes
- Baking tray
- Kitchen towel
- Making Crayons Experiment
- The sun
- Small plastic cups
- Broken crayons
- Aluminum foil
- Plastic wrap
- Paper
Goals
- Learn about two types of energies.
- Learn about how bar graphs are used to organize data.
- Play games to practice making bar graphs.
- Think about how people use energy from fire and the sun.
- Organize and display data on a bar graph.
- Learn about the scientific process and how you can apply this process to an experiment.
- See examples of how the sun’s energy affects things on earth.
Objectives
- Learn about thermal and radiant energies.
- Watch a video about bar graphs.
- Sort objects by color to create a bar graph.
- Identify which bar graph correctly displays the given data.
- Read/listen to stories about how Maui slowed down the sun and learned the secret of fire.
- List uses of energy from fire and the sun.
- Use bar graphs to organize and compare uses of thermal and radiant energy.
- Know the steps of the scientific process.
- Conduct experiments following the steps of the scientific method.
- Take observation notes.
- Create graphs to represent experimentdata.
Common Core State Standards
2.MD.D.10
Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in the bar graph.
Next Generation Science Standards
3-LS2- 1
Cause and effect relationships are routinely identified and used to explain change.
2-LS2-1
Plan and conduct an investigation collaboratively to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence to answer a question.
