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Ages 8 to 10 · ages 10+
Energy & Heat · Grades 5 to 8
A 6-week run through energy and heat: forms of energy, kinetic and potential, conservation, the heat-temperature difference, the three ways heat travels, and thermal equilibrium, each operated as a real simulation.
6 weeks 11 lessons 1 to 2× / week · 30 to 45 min
Standards alignment
- NEP 2020: experiential and inquiry-based science
- CBSE: Physics (energy, heat, and transfer of heat) for middle grades
Week by week (6 weeks)
| Wk | Theme | Lessons | CSTA tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What energy is | Unplugged: Lift a ball high and drop it; lift it higher and drop again; feel how stored height becomes a bigger bounce. | · |
| 2 | Transfer, then a check | · | |
| 3 | Conservation and heat | · | |
| 4 | Heat check, then how heat moves | · | |
| 5 | Equilibrium and thermodynamics | Unplugged: Pour hot and cold water together and take the temperature; predict it first from how much of each you used. | · |
| 6 | The boss | · |