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ENERGY Student Course

Welcome to the ScienceWiz™ Energy Course.
The course is divided into modules and lessons which match to in-class lessons.

Select the module you are currently doing in your class.

Course Content

Modules Status
1

What is Energy?

ENERGY BASICS: Select your current lesson.

  • Types of Energy
  • Defining Energy – Exploring the “units” of energy (pages 6-9)
  • Work = Force x Distance and begin Mechanical Energy / Kinetic Energy (page 10)
  • Potential Energy (page 11)

2

Energy Transfer and the Law of Conservation of Energy
  • Energy Transfers with Chain Reactions (page 12)
  • Energy Transfer (pages 13-16)
  • Conservation Laws for Energy and Matter & The Concept of Entropy

3

How We Use and Generate Electricity
  • How we use and generate electricity.
  • How power plants and generators work.
  • Wind Power and Hydroelectricity

4

How We Use Fossil Fuels and the Issues with CO2 Emissions
  • How do we use fossil fuels now? (pages 23-26)
  • The Greenhouse Effect
  • Climate Change

5

Renewable Energy
  • Solar Energy
  • Solar Car Race
  • Batteries and Energy Storage
  • Climate Protection Plan

ENERGY Student Course

Current Progress

Navigation

What is Energy?
  • Types of Energy
    • Investigate and write about one type of energy.
  • Defining Energy – Exploring the “units” of energy (pages 6-9)
    • Types of Energy
  • Work = Force x Distance and begin Mechanical Energy / Kinetic Energy (page 10)
    • Work = Distance X Force
  • Potential Energy (page 11)
    • Kinetic and Potential Energy
Energy Transfer and the Law of Conservation of Energy
  • Energy Transfers with Chain Reactions (page 12)
    • Chain Reaction Quiz
  • Energy Transfer (pages 13-16)
    • Types of Energy & The Transfer of Energy
  • Conservation Laws for Energy and Matter & The Concept of Entropy
    • British Quiz on Energy
How We Use and Generate Electricity
  • How we use and generate electricity.
    • Generating Electrical Energy.
  • How power plants and generators work.
    • Ways to generate electricity.
  • Wind Power and Hydroelectricity
    • Power Plants & Energy Transfers
How We Use Fossil Fuels and the Issues with CO2 Emissions
  • How do we use fossil fuels now? (pages 23-26)
    • Fossil Fuels and Carbon Dioxide Emissions
  • The Greenhouse Effect
    • The Greenhouse Effect
  • Climate Change
    • Climate Change
Renewable Energy
  • Solar Energy
    • Solar Energy
  • Solar Car Race
  • Batteries and Energy Storage
    • Batteries and Energy Storage
  • Climate Protection Plan
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