Transfer of Energy Lesson 1

Thermal Energy

Transfer

Sixth Grade

General Science - NGSS

By: Ms. Gunnell

By The End Of Lesson 1

Students will be able to:
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• Define the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in the lesson.

• Define the central ideas of the article and produce an accurate summary of the main idea.

• Engage effectively in collaborative activities.

Warm-Up

Pre-assessment of Prior-knowledge

Open Ended

Remember from Project 1 - Setting Things In Motion when you had to describe the 2 types of energy that set your object in motion?

What do you remember about energy, energy flow, and/or the 2 types of energy we covered in Project 1?

Open Ended

What is heat? What is cold?

Open Ended

What are the 3 ways that heat can be transferred?

Open Ended

Do all materials respond to heat in the same way? Give an example to support your answer.

Open Ended

What is being measured when we take the temperature of something?

Open Ended

How does heat from the sun warm Earth when they are 92.57 million miles apart?

Open Ended

Which will have a higher temperature reading - a thermometer laying on a table or a thermometer inside a mitten laying on the table or a thermometer and a hand inside the mitten laying on the same table in the same room conditions? Explain your answer.

2 Types of Energy:
●Kinetic Energy - the
energy an object has due
to its motion.

●Potential Energy - the
stored energy an object
has because of its
position or state.

2 Types of Energy = Total Energy

Forms of Kinetic Energy:
●Mechanical, Thermal,
Electrical, Radiant, &
Sound

Forms of Potential Energy:
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Chemical, Nuclear,
Gravitational, &
Electrical

Forms of Kinetic and Potential Energy

Read / Annotate the Article

Vocabulary Development

Directions:

Students will:
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Watch the video with subtitles on. Write down 3 or more new or interesting facts.

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Skim the article and draw a rectangle around the following vocabulary words: thermal energy, heat, temperature, forms of energy, conduction, convection, radiation, and density.

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Read the article and highlight the definitions for the vocabulary words. Underline any other important words or information.

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Article Post-assessment

Open Ended

Summarize the main ideas of the article in a paragraph (3-5 sentences).

Review Article & Add Definitions To The Interactive Notebook

Vocabulary Development

Temperature

Heat

Thermal Energy

Energy responsible
for its temperature
due to the motion
of particles.

Transfer of
thermal energy
from one object
to another

The measure of the
average kinetic
energy of particles
in an object.

Forms of Energy

The two forms of
energy are kinetic
and potential.

Radiation

Convection

Conduction

Transfer of thermal
energy through direct contact.

Transfer of
thermal energy
through circulation of fluids.

Transfer of thermal
energy through waves

Density

Measure of the
mass per unit
volume; degree of
compactness of a
substance

Group WORD WALL Entry

Vocabulary Development

Directions:

Students will:
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Collaborate as a group and choose 1 person to blindly pick a vocabulary word from the bag.

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Assign a job to each group member:

• draw a picture of the word

• use the word in a sentence

• write the definition

• 1 or more examples

Vocabulary Quiz

Formal Assessment of Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

What is

thermal energy?

• Energy responsible for its temperature due to the motion of particles.

• Energy that is possessed by an object due to its motion or due to its position.

• Energy related to forces on electrically-charged particles and the movement of those particles.

• Energy of electromagnetic and gravitational radiation.

Multiple Choice

What is

density?

• The amount of matter in a particle or object.

• The space occupied within the boundaries of an object in three-dimensional space.

• Measure of the mass per unit volume; degree of compactness of a substance.

• The measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in an object.

Multiple Choice

What is

heat?

• Energy responsible for its temperature due to the motion of particles.

• Transfer of thermal energy from one object to another.

• Transfer of thermal energy through waves.

• Transfer of thermal energy through direct contact.

Multiple Choice

What is

temperature?

• Degree of "compactness" of a substance

• Measure of the mass per unit volume.

• The measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in an object.

• The space occupied within the boundaries of an object in three-dimensional space.

Multiple Choice

What are the two

types of energy?

• Energetic and tired

• Mechanical and Electrical

• Radiation and Conduction

• Kinetic and Potential

Multiple Choice

What is

conduction?

• Transfer of thermal energy through direct contact.

• Transfer of thermal energy through waves.

• Transfer of thermal energy through circulation of fluids.

• Transfer of thermal energy through a cylinder with red and blue balls.

Multiple Choice

What is

convection?

• Transfer of thermal energy through direct contact.

• Transfer of thermal energy through waves.

• Transfer of thermal energy through circulation of fluids.

• Transfer of thermal energy through rotating rings in a cylinder.

Multiple Select

What is

radiation?

• Transfer of thermal energy through direct contact.

• Transfer of thermal energy through waves.

• Transfer of thermal energy through circulation of fluids.

• Transfer of thermal energy from the Sun to Earth through empty space.

• Transfer of thermal energy from the Sun to Earth through empty space.

Exit Ticket

Post-assessment of Lessons Goals

Open Ended

What are the 2 types of energy that determine the total energy in a system?

Multiple Choice

What is used to measure the average kinetic energy of particles in an object?

• Scale

• Thermometer

• Hydrometer

• Speed

Open Ended

What are the similarities and/or differences between temperature and "the average kinetic energy of particles in matter?"

Open Ended

Which form of energy does thermal energy belong to: kinetic or potential energy? Why