Energy and Change

 

1.1 Students collect information about the ways that objects of different shapes and sizes move.

1.2   Students identify the effects of energy in their daily lives.

Ways that different objects move:

·         slip, slide

·         grip, stick

·         roll, tumble, fall

·         flow, float, fly, sink

·         spin, bounce, shake

What affects the ways things move:

·         size, shape

·         texture

·         mass — heavy, light

·         different surfaces

Experiences and observations to raise awareness of the presence of energy:

·         rubbing hands together warms them

·         hair moves when near a fan

·         feeling hot when running around

·         plucking guitar strings makes musical sounds

·         putting an egg in boiling water cooks it

1.3 Students make links between the way they use energy and the immediate source of that energy.

 

Links between immediate source and the way energy is used:

·         a light works when you turn on the switch

·         a car works when you put petrol in it

·         energy needed to walk to school or play sport

·         battery in a torch

·         spring in a toy

·         electricity needed to make the toaster work

·         heat needed to cook food