1. ENERGY UNIT NGSS KCAS 7 th Grade Science

2. RADIATION  Symbol for waves  Heat WITHOUT touching  Examples  Sun heating pool  Laying out/Tanning  Placing hand over stove burner

3. CONDUCTION  Heat moves to cooler object  Heat WITH touching  Examples  Touching/Sitting on Car Leather that has been in Sun

4. CONVECTION  Lava lamp demonstration  Examples  Wind/Air currents  Heating & Cooling Rooms  Convection Oven

5. NUCLEAR ENERGY  Atom MUST SPLIT to release energy

6. SOUND ENERGY

7. MECHANICAL ENERGY  Must have MOVING parts or gears  Examples  Animals  Humans

8. ELECTROMAGNETIC (LIGHT) ENERGY  Anything that has light

9. ELECTRICAL ENERGY  Wires? Or Plugs in? HAS ELECTRICAL ENERGY

10. CHEMICAL ENERGY  Considered P. E. until used

11. THERMAL ENERGY  HEAT energy  Anything that holds or releases heat  Measured by TEMPERATURE  More Volume = More Energy

12. LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY  Begins & ends with the same amount of energy  May end up being a different type of energy

13. POTENTIAL ENERGY  On Ground = 0 P. E.  Drawing

14. KINETIC ENERGY  An object IN MOTION  Examples of more K. E.  Mass – Center/Lineman  Speed – Forward/Running Back

15. WHEN A BALL IS DROPPED  Drawing  Result  P. E. changes to K. E.