Unit 2: Energy

Jamal's mum says that Jamal is always full of energy. What does she mean?

Where does Jamal get his energy from?

Think of some other examples of where we can find energy.

Look at the five pictures from left to right. Where is the energy in each picture?

From left to right, what type of energy does each picture show?

Which objects in the activity had energy? Say how you know.

In the activity, which things did energy change?

How did the things change when you added more energy?

Suggest a way in the activity to show that moving air has energy.

What type of energy does a moving ball have?

Where does the energy come from to make the ball move?

Do objects that are not moving have energy? Give an example.

Observe the bead-on-spoon experiment. What happens to the bead, why, what is the energy chain, what question was investigated and what conclusion can be drawn?

Plan a fair test of Zara's observation that a metal teaspoon gets hot in tea but a plastic one does not. Include the question, method, variables, measurement, reason for fairness, hazards and safety, reliable measurement and presentation of results.

From left to right, identify the type of energy transferred, where it comes from and where it goes in each scene.

How would you feel if you rode a bicycle fast for half an hour? Why?

Describe the energy transfer that makes the bicycle move.

Name another form of energy that riding a bicycle produces.

A lamp gives off light. What other form of energy does it give off?

What form of energy did you observe in the spiral when it was over the lamp?