TABLE OF CONTENTS - Lindbergh School District

Strand 1: Properties and Principles of Matter and Energy
2. Energy has a source, can be transferred, and can be transformed into various forms
but is conserved between and within systems
Major Objectives IS Suggested Activities
These samples activities offer ideas and are not
meant to limit teacher or student
Concept A: Forms of energy have a source, a
means of transfer (work and heat) and a
receiver
Scope and Sequence – Forms of Energy: Heat
resourcefulness.
Grade 6, 7, 8
Suggested Assessments
These samples assessments offer ideas and
are not meant to limit teacher or student
resourcefulness
a. Recognize thermal energy as the random
motion (kinetic energy) of molecules or atoms
within a substance
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a. Students will use videos to model
movement of molecules. Students will use
Brownian Motion investigation to see how
molecules move. (1.1; 1.4; 2.7)
a. Students will explain why motions of
particles in a fluid (Brownian motion)
demonstrate that molecules are in
constant motion.
b. Use the molecular kinetic model to explain
changes in the temperature of a material
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b. Students will use videos to model
movement of molecules. Students will use
Brownian Motion investigation to see how
molecules move. (1.1; 1.4; 2.7)
b. Students will use weather maps and
reports to show the effects of uneven
heating and cooling of Earth’s surface on
weather.
c. Recognize that thermal energy is transferred as
heat from warmer objects to cooler objects
until both reach the same temperature
(equilibrium)
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c. Students will distinguish the direction of
thermal energy in natural processes (1.3;
1.10; 3.5)
c. Students will explain the motion of a
fluid in a convection cell. How is the
material heated How is the heat energy
transmitted from the source to the fluid
d. Recognize the type of materials that transfer
energy by conduction, convection, and/or
radiation
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d. Students will explain the characteristics of
a substance that makes it a good conductor
or insulator (1.3; 2.1; 2.4; 3.5; 4.1)
d. Students will predict, then verify and
measure in the lab, the heating and
cooling of materials with differing
insulation properties/colors.
e. Describe how heat is transferred by
conduction, convection, and radiation and
classify examples of each
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e. Students will discuss the roles of radiation,
convection, and conduction in weather
changes (1.2; 1.6, 2.3; 2.4; 3.5; 4.6)
e. Students will explain the motion of a
fluid in a convection cell. How is the
material heated How is the heat energy
transmitted from the source to the fluid
f. Classify common materials (e.g. wood, foam,
plastic, glass, aluminum foil, soil, air, water)
as conductors or insulators of thermal energy
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f. Students will explain the characteristics of
a substance that makes it a good conductor
or insulator of thermal energy. (1.3; 2.1;
f. Students will use a laboratory experience
to measure the rate of temperature
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