Energy Transfer and Transformation

Energy Transfer and Transformation Worksheet (Grade 6 Science, TEKS 6.8B)

Start TEKS 6.8B by giving students two clear words for what happens to energy in a system. This one-page reading and activity sheet uses doodles of pool balls, a mug of cocoa, a toaster, and a flashlight to show that in a transfer energy moves and stays the same form, while in a transformation energy changes form.

What's Inside

• A Big Question box: "What happens to energy in a system?"
• Two picture cards: energy transfer and energy transformation, and a note that energy is conserved
• Activity 1: Students write M (moves) or C (changes form) for eight everyday examples
• Activity 2: A word bank fill-in with transfer, transformation, and conserved
• A visual answer key with answers marked in red

How Teachers Use It

Use it to open the 6.8B lessons, after the 6.8A sheets, or as practice for TEKS 6.8B. The sheet takes about 10 minutes, needs no prior knowledge, and prints clearly in black and white.

This worksheet is part of the Reading in Science series for grade 6. It supports TEKS 6.8B: describe how energy is conserved through transfers and transformations in systems such as electrical circuits, food webs, amusement park rides, or photosynthesis. It is one of seven connected TEKS 6.8B sheets that follow energy through systems. The unit big idea is that energy can be stored, transferred, and transformed, but it is not created or destroyed.

Why It Works

Each sheet opens with a Big Question, teaches the key terms in plain words with simple black-and-white doodles, and then asks students to use only what the page taught. Simple whole-number energy units make conservation visible, and the visual answer key lets teachers check work fast.