Using Energy
Learning Outcomes1. Compare the electrical energy supplied each second by a battery to the electrical energy used each second by light bulbs and motors.
2. Compare the electrical energy that a battery supplies with the electrical energy used by devices in a circuit. 3. Plan an electrical energy inventory of a home that includes a plan to reduce electrical energy usage by 10 percent. |
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State Standards
GLE 0607.10.2 Analyze various types of energy transformations.
GLE 0607.10.3 Explain the principles underlying the Law of Conservation of Energy.
GLE 0607.Inq.1 Design and conduct open-ended scientific investigations.
GLE 0607.Inq.3 Synthesize information to determine cause and effect relationships between evidence and explanations.
GLE 0607.T/E.1 Explore how technology responds to social, political, and economic needs.
GLE 0607.T/E.2 Know that the engineering design process involves an ongoing series of events that incorporate design constraints, model building, testing, evaluating, modifying, and retesting.
GLE 0607.10.3 Explain the principles underlying the Law of Conservation of Energy.
GLE 0607.Inq.1 Design and conduct open-ended scientific investigations.
GLE 0607.Inq.3 Synthesize information to determine cause and effect relationships between evidence and explanations.
GLE 0607.T/E.1 Explore how technology responds to social, political, and economic needs.
GLE 0607.T/E.2 Know that the engineering design process involves an ongoing series of events that incorporate design constraints, model building, testing, evaluating, modifying, and retesting.
Common Core Connections
CCSS Mathematics: Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
CCSS Writing: Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.
CCSS Writing: Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.