Energy Curriculum Resources
Explore Energy concepts with our comprehensive science curriculum resources aligned with NGSS standards. Interactive and printable resources for K-12 learners across all grade levels.
Observing Sunlight and Heat
This reading passage introduces children to the concept of how sunlight affects Earth’s surfaces. Using a relatable stor...
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The Hot Playground
This passage explores NGSS K-PS3-1 through familiar playground experiences. Students observe how sunlight affects differ...
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Warmth from the Sun
This reading passage tells the story of Liam at the beach, exploring how sunlight affects the temperature of rocks, sand...
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Building Shade Structures
In this passage, Alex and Mia use a simple tent to block sunlight and create a cooler place to play. By observing the ef...
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Shade from the Sun
In this story, Leo and Emma use an umbrella to block the sunlight and stay cool while playing in the park. By observing ...
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Beach Day Science
This passage addresses NGSS K-PS3-1 by comparing temperature differences in materials exposed to sunlight versus shade. ...
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Energy Conversion Devices
This engaging activity helps grade 4 students explore energy conversion through real-world devices. Students match devic...
Energy Transfer in Collisions
This grade 4 activity encourages students to ask questions and predict outcomes about energy changes during collisions. ...
Energy in Collisions
This activity for grade 4 students explores energy changes during collisions. Students categorize scenarios like 'bumper...
Energy on the Move
This grade 4 activity focuses on recognizing energy transfer processes. Students categorize examples such as 'thundercla...
How Does Energy Travel?
This interactive activity for grade 4 students explores how energy transfers through sound, light, heat, and electric cu...
Motion and Energy Examples
This activity focuses on the relationship between motion and energy for grade 4 students. By matching terms such as 'rac...
Understanding Specific Heat
This passage, 'Understanding Specific Heat,' explains the concept of specific heat to middle school students in an acces...
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The Specific Heat Capacity of Water
This middle school science reading passage, 'The Specific Heat Capacity of Water,' explains how water's high specific he...
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The Specific Heat of Ice
This middle school science passage, 'The Specific Heat of Ice,' explains how ice has a lower specific heat than liquid w...
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The Specific Heat of Copper
This middle school reading passage, 'The Specific Heat of Copper,' explores how copper responds to heat due to its low s...
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What Is Thermal Energy?
This middle school science passage, 'What Is Thermal Energy?', introduces students to the concept of energy from particl...
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What Is the Difference Between Thermal Energy and Heat?
This passage, 'What Is the Difference Between Thermal Energy and Heat?', helps middle school students understand the key...
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How Does Heat Move?
This engaging middle school science passage introduces students to the basic principles of heat transfer, aligning with ...
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What Is Conduction?
This middle school science passage explains the concept of conduction, focusing on how heat moves through solids. Aligne...
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What Is Conductivity?
This middle school science reading passage introduces students to the concept of conductivity, explaining how materials ...
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What Is an Example of Conduction?
This middle school science reading passage explains conduction through everyday examples, such as a hot metal spoon in s...
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What Is a Temperature Gradient?
This engaging science passage introduces students to the concept of a temperature gradient, a key idea aligned with the ...
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Heat Transfer Rate
This passage introduces students to the concept of heat transfer rate, aligned with NGSS standard MS-PS3-3. It explains ...
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What Is Entropy in Energy?
This passage introduces the concept of entropy in the context of energy, aligning with NGSS standard MS-PS3-4. It explai...
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What Is an Endothermic Reaction?
This engaging science passage introduces middle school readers to the concept of endothermic reactions, aligned with NGS...
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What Is an Exothermic Reaction?
This science passage introduces students to the idea of exothermic reactions—chemical changes that release heat or light...
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Is Freezing Endothermic or Exothermic?
This clear and accessible passage helps students understand why freezing is an exothermic process, even though frozen ob...
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What Is Gravitational Energy?
This engaging science passage for middle school students explores the concept of gravitational energy, a form of potenti...
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What Is Kinetic Energy?
This NGSS-aligned reading passage introduces 6th–8th grade students to the concept of kinetic energy—energy that an obje...
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Understanding Mechanical Energy
This science passage is crafted for 6th–8th grade students and focuses on mechanical energy—specifically the combination...
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Chemical Energy
This informational science passage on chemical energy is designed for middle school students and aligns with the NGSS st...
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Energy Transfer
This NGSS-aligned science passage introduces middle school students to the concept of energy transfer, aligned to standa...
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Energy Transformation
This middle school science passage aligned to NGSS standard MS-PS3-5 explains the concept of energy transformation—the p...
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Joule – The Unit of Energy
This NGSS-aligned reading passage introduces students to the joule, the standard unit of energy in the metric system, an...
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Work – A Scientific Definition
This NGSS-aligned science passage explains the definition of work as used in physical science and supports standard MS-P...
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Newton (N) – The Unit of Force
This NGSS-aligned passage introduces middle school students to the newton (N), the standard unit of force in the metric ...
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