Energy | NGSS
Issues and Science, Third Edition, Redesigned for the NGSS
How can people manipulate energy transfer and transformation to use energy more efficiently?
Students learn about the transfer and transformation of energy in their everyday lives. They plan and carry out investigations and analyze and interpret data from experiments to investigate how energy is transferred and transformed. They also engage in engineering challenges to design and test devices to maximize and minimize energy transfer.
Students generate and answer questions such as: Why are some devices more efficient than others? What can people do to reduce energy use? How can people manipulate energy transfer and transformation to use energy more efficiently?
Details at a Glance
- 5-7 Weeks | ~50 minute class periods
- 15 Activities
- Accommodates 5 classes, each with 8 groups of 4 students
- Consumables service 160 students
- Includes Spanish student materials
- Meets our criteria for supporting literacy
- Includes digital resources
- Developed in partnership with SEPUP & The Lawrence Hall of Science
- Includes assessment
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Evidence of Alignment
Issues and Science was developed at the Lawrence Hall of Science in response to the need for high quality, three dimensional, phenomena driven curriculum. Quick details from this unit:
- Anchoring phenomenon: Some energy transfers and transformations are more efficient than others. When a device uses energy, some of the energy is changed into a form that is not useful. This “wasted” energy reduces the efficiency of the device.
- Investigative phenomena within the 15 activities connect content to the unit issue, How can people manipulate energy transfer and transformation to use energy more efficiently?
- This unit builds towards and assesses Performance Expectations (PE) PS3-3, PS3-4, PS3-5, MS-ETS1-4.
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Equipment for all Unit Activities
Includes a mobile storage cart and a complete set of materials for 17 units of study. Our complete equipment package supports up to 5 classes of 32 students.
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Online Teacher Portal access for one teacher for 7 years, which includes: Spanish versions, LABsent, editable PowerPoints, Teacher Edition, Student Book, and supplemental resources.
Learn More About the Online PortalWhat are the options for student access?
Student access is not included in the Complete Equipment Package to keep purchasing options flexible. You have the option of purchasing printed student books, online student access, or both.
Student Book
Additional $34.50 per book
Hardbound, high-quality student books are designed to last the length of an adoption for use year after year. Unlike a traditional texbook, the Student Book does not provide science content through reading and questions. Instead students are encouraged to question, investigate, and analyze in each of the heavily field-tested activities.
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The online student portal is optional but highly recommended. Here students will find access to Remote Learning Activities in case of an absence, support tools like ReadSpeaker with translation, and can have direct communication with the teacher (for schools who want this feature).
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