Stage+1+-+Desired+Results

=Stage 1: Desired Results=

Established Goals
 * Students will apply the scientific method to understand that energy can neither be created nor destroyed it can only be transferred.

Understandings Students will understand that...
 * Energy takes many different forms.
 * Energy can never be created nor destroyed, only transferred.
 * The scientific method is a tool for answering scientific questions and problem solving.

Predictable Misunderstandings (sources: [|Students' Misunderstandings About the Energy Conservation Principle] (PDF), [|Common Misconceptions], [|Operation Physics], [|Student Misconceptions])
 * Energy can be saved
 * Energy can be used up
 * Energy is stored in food and fuel
 * Energy can be lost or destroyed
 * Energy is a physical "thing"
 * "Work" is the same thing as "labor"
 * An object at rest has no energy
 * Energy is the same thing as force
 * Energy and matter are unrelated
 * Doubling the speed of an object doubles its kinetic energy

Essential Questions
 * What is energy?
 * Where does energy come from?
 * Are there different forms?
 * Do I have energy?
 * How does energy work?

Students will know....
 * That scientific knowledge is advanced by recognizing differences in results of repeated experiments (Indirect) (SG 2.1)
 * The steps of the scientific method (Question, Hypothesis, Procedure, Results, Conclusion) (SE 2.2).
 * How energy can be transformed, transferred, and conserved (SB 2.1).
 * That energy can exist in many forms(i.e., heat, light. Chemical, electrical, mechanical) (SB 2.1//)//

Students will be able to....
 * Define key vocabulary terms
 * Use vocabulary appropriately in a sentence
 * Use the scientific method as a tool for their inquiry process.
 * Investigate the effectiveness of different insulating and conducting materials with respect to heat flow and record the results (SB 2.1)
 * Classify the changes (i.e., heat, light, sound, and motion) that electrical energy undergoes in common household appliances (i.e., toaster, blender, radio, light bulb, heater) (SB 2.1)
 * Compare the student’s work to the work of peers in order to identify multiple paths that can be used to identify a question or problem (SE 2.2)
 * Teach others about the conservation of energy / present information to unfamiliar listeners about the conservation of energy