How energy travels around
Observe and provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents
Typical age: 9–10 years
“Can your child give examples of how energy moves around — like heat from a radiator warming a room, light from a lamp reaching your eyes, or electricity flowing through a wire?”
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Needs first
- Light & Seeing in the Dark
Light knowledge supports understanding energy transfer by light
- Naming types of energyREQUIRED
Describing energy transfer by sound, light, heat, and electric current requires energy type vocabulary
- Building a simple circuitREQUIRED
Must know circuits before understanding energy transfer by electric current
- Vibrations & Sound
Sound knowledge supports understanding energy transfer by sound
Unlocks next
- Energy stores and transfersREQUIRED
KS3 energy stores model extends KS2 US observation that energy is transferred by sound, light, heat and electric currents
- Building an energy-converting deviceREQUIRED
Must understand energy transfer forms before designing an energy conversion device
- More batteries, brighter bulb
Energy transfer concept supports understanding voltage as energy per charge
- Natural resourcesREQUIRED
Must understand energy transfer before learning about natural resources as energy sources