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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Energy vocabulary includes kinetic energy for movement, potential or stored energy from position or shape, plus heat, light, sound, electrical, and chemical energy. Energy transfer and transformation describe where energy goes and how its form changes.
Spend 10–15 minutes finding safe examples of kinetic energy, potential energy, stored energy, and energy transformations around the home.
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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