Energy From the Sun Teacher and Student Guides

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United States Department of Energy

Subject Science — Physical Science

Grade Level Grades K-5

Resource Type Activity

Standards Alignment

Common Core State Standards

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About This Lesson

These hands-on explorations from the U.S. Department of Energy introduce the scientific concepts of solar energy to elementary students. The activities are: Introduction to solar energy, Solar energy to heat and motion, Solar energy can cause chemical reactions, Solar energy to heat and motion 2, Cooking with solar energy, Turning solar energy into electricity, PV cells on the school. CCSS alignment: RI.2.7, RI.2.10

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Files

solar_energyfromsunguidestudent.pdf

Activity

February 12, 2020

10.08 MB

solar_energyfromsunguideteacher.pdf

Activity

February 12, 2020

8.81 MB

External resources

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/education/lessonplans/default.as...

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Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.7

Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.10

By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.