What is Energy

 

"What is Energy?" available at http://edugreen.teri.res.in/explore/n_renew/ener.htm

 

  • Access the website through the above link. 

 

  • Read the information on the website and answer the following questions in your exercise book (questions are to be written in your exercise book):

 

  1. What is energy?
  2. What does energy allow people to do?
  3. What is a renewable energy source?
  4. What is a non-renewable energy source?
  5. What is a Btu? Explain.
  6. What is a Joule? Explain.
  7. Why is electrical energy generated from coal and crude oil bad for the environment?

Types of Energy

Video Instructions

 

  • Watch the embedded video below and answer the following questions in your exercise books. 

 

  1. What are the 9 types of energy mentioned in the video?
  2. Can matter be changed into energy?
  3. What does the law of conservation of energy state? Explain. 
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Train Crash at Montparnasse 1895

Credits

 

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) (2007). What is Energy?, United Nations Environment Programme, website viewed 11/04/2013 available at http://edugreen.teri.res.in/explore/n_renew/ener.htm

Train Crash at Montparnasse 1895 by mrrobertwade (wadey) available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossendalewadey/3300827223/in/photostream/# under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/

"What is Energy?" video by Tom Glazer and Dottie Evans from the Singing Science Records available at http://www.youtube.com/embed/o_5oYuDY2qM

Dictionary


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Vocabulary Builder

 

After reading the "What is Energy?" website... 

 

  • Use the above dictionary link to find out the definitions of words you are unsure about. 

 

  • Write each definition in your exercise book. 

 

  • Write each new word in a sentence in your exercise book. 

Train Crash at Montparnasse 1895

 

  • Look at the image of the train crash to the bottom left of the page. 

 

  • List the different types of energy you think are present in the picture (in your exercise book). 

Energy Quizzes

Classroom Activity

 

Have a snowball fight. 

 

  • On a piece of paper wrtite down a type of energy. 

 

  • On another piece of paper, draw the type of energy you wrote on the first piece of paper. 

 

  • Have a snowball fight!

 

  • Pick up one of the snowballs and try to match it with another students snowball. 
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