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4th Grade - Lesson Overview-Energy Transfer

1. The lesson overview provides a multi-day unit on energy transfer, heat, electricity, and magnets for 4th grade students. It outlines 14 lessons ranging from 30-60 minutes each with learning objectives, materials, and advance preparation needed for each lesson. 2. Key concepts to be covered include measuring heat energy, heat transfer through rubbing, burning and electricity, energy being transferred from warmer to colder objects, static and current electricity, electrical energy and circuits, conductors of electricity, and the properties of magnets including attraction, repulsion, and use in compasses. 3. Hands-on student investigations and activities are incorporated each day, along with readings from related books, to reinforce concepts about energy

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4th Grade - Lesson Overview-Energy Transfer

1. The lesson overview provides a multi-day unit on energy transfer, heat, electricity, and magnets for 4th grade students. It outlines 14 lessons ranging from 30-60 minutes each with learning objectives, materials, and advance preparation needed for each lesson. 2. Key concepts to be covered include measuring heat energy, heat transfer through rubbing, burning and electricity, energy being transferred from warmer to colder objects, static and current electricity, electrical energy and circuits, conductors of electricity, and the properties of magnets including attraction, repulsion, and use in compasses. 3. Hands-on student investigations and activities are incorporated each day, along with readings from related books, to reinforce concepts about energy

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Lesson Overview

Energy Transfer
4th Grade
Less Overview Time Other Things to Know: Advance
on Preparation
1 • Pre Assessment 30 * May need extension cord
• Heat Energy min * Variety of testing materials
Measuring temp. with black & 50 *Make: What We Think About Heat
white pockets/Student-Led min Energy chart
Investigation 50
min
50
min
50
min
2 • Heat Transfer 50 * Book: Energy Makes Things
Rubbing, Burning and min Happen
Electricity 50
min
3 • Energy Transferred 50 * Crushed Ice/ Hot Tap Water in
Heat Travels- Warmer min Thermos
to Colder 50
min
4 • Energy: Electricity 50 * Make and Laminate: Word Sort Card
static electricity min Set
current electricity 50 * Make: What We Think About Electrical
min Energy
* Provide pictures of items that use
electricity
5 • Electrical Energy to Light 50 * Test light bulbs and batteries
Energy min
50
min
6 • Electrical Circuits 45 * Make copies of Circuits at School and
min at Home
45 * Make transparencies of Light Bulb
min Circuit and Lamp Circuit for overhead or
projector
*Book: Discovering Electricity
7 • Electricity 50 * Book: Discovering Electricity
Good/Poor min
Conductors 50
min
8 • Electricity 50 * Test light bulbs and batteries
Open/Closed Circuits min * Cut 32 aluminum foil pieces 4cm x 8
50 cm
min
9 • Magnets 45 * Make: What We Think About
Materials Attract min Magnetism
10 • Magnets 60 *Prepare Scrap Paper: 3”x5” for each
Not all metals attract min group
50 * Prepare Bag A & B: see pg. 74
min
11 • Magnets 50
Parts of Magnets min
12 • Magnets 60 * Prepare: Cut 16 pieces of fishing line-
Attract/Repel min 24” (Save)
* Prepare: Label two magnets- poles A &
B (pg 85)
13 • Magnets: Compass 50 *Make: North, South, East, and West
min signs
*Book: What Makes a Magnet?
14 • Electromagnet 55 *Prepare Copies: Performance
• Performance Assessment min Assessment
• Post Assessment 55 * Collect: Cardboard
min * Book: Discovering Electricity
55
min
50
min
50
min
50
min

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