How energy travels around
Observe and provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents
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Can your child give examples of how energy moves around — like heat from a radiator warming a room, light from a lamp reaching your eyes, or electricity flowing through a wire?
Observe and provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents
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Check understanding
- Give at least one example of energy transfer by each: sound, light, heat, electric current
- Explain that energy moves from a source to a destination through these means
- Describe how electric currents transfer energy from a battery to a bulb through wires
“Can your child give examples of how energy moves around — like heat from a radiator warming a room, light from a lamp reaching your eyes, or electricity flowing through a wire?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Energy
- Age range
- Ages 9–10
Standards