Forms of Energy Stations Activity

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Read more about how I use this activity in this blog post!

This download includes 9 station cards, one for each form of energy. Each station has kids “play” with a form of energy (except nuclear – there’s a reading for that). Each card has student directions on the front and materials required on the back. This resource also includes a student worksheet for students to complete as they move through the 9 stations.

Teacher Notes:

• Perfect for NGSS energy standards MS-PS3-1, MS-PS3-2, and MS-PS3-5.
• This activity does need quite a few supplies, however it’s an EDITABLE WORD DOCUMENT, so you can edit for the supplies you have on hand. We find that we usually have many of the supplies in the school science supply closet, and everything else is available pretty cheap on Amazon. Plus, you can use your judgment to make some pretty simple substitutions.
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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-PS3-1: Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object.
• NGSS MS-PS3-2: Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.
• NGSS MS-PS3-4: Plan an investigation to determine the relationships among the energy transferred, type of matter, mass, and change in temperature of the sample.
• NGSS MS-PS3-5: Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.