Name the Transformation

Eight everyday changes, one write-in line each. Students read each one - a flashlight switching on, a plant making sugar, a microwave heating soup, a guitar string, a lamp, a toy car, a charging phone, rubbing cold hands - and write the starting form of energy and the ending form it changes into. It directly practices the transformation skill at the heart of TEKS 6.8B.

What's Included

• 1 student page: 8 illustrated scenario cards with a two-blank "start form to end form" line, plus a word bank of the forms and a Sum It Up fill-in
• 1 teacher key page with the transformation and a one-line reason for every card, plus a Big Idea box
• Letter-size PDF, no prep

How It Helps You Teach

• Practices the core 6.8B skill: trace energy as it changes from one form to another
• Write-in format pushes students to recall and name both the starting and ending form
• The Big Idea box reinforces conservation: the total energy is always the same

Pair It With

Part of an Energy Transformations set: Reading in Science, this sort, Context Clues, Inferences, and Science in the News. Check out our library for the rest.

Perfect for 6th grade physical science, a science sort or station activity, an energy review, and TEKS 6.8B support. Topics include: energy transformation, forms of energy, starting and ending forms, and conservation of energy.

Standards: TEKS 6.8B; NGSS DCI PS3.B. Part of the Daily Science series by Workybooks.