ScienceEnergyAges 7–9
Naming types of energy
Name and use vocabulary for types of energy and energy transfer — kinetic energy, potential energy, heat energy, light energy, sound energy, electrical energy, chemical energy, stored energy, energy transfer, energy transformation — and describe energy changes in familiar situations using these terms
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Check understanding
- Name the type of energy stored in a battery, a stretched spring, and a moving ball
- Use 'energy transfer' or 'energy transformation' to describe what happens in a simple device such as a torch or a toaster
- Distinguish between 'stored energy' and 'transferred energy' with a correct example of each
“If your child stretches a rubber band and lets it go, can they name what type of energy it had when stretched — and what it changed into?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Language
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Energy
- Age range
- Ages 7–9