Energy
Systems
Evaluating Energy
Argumentation
100

Convert

to change from one type to another

100

System

a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

100

Potential Energy

the energy that is stored in an object or system

100

Scientific Argumentation

a claim supported by evidence

200

Energy

the ability to make things move or change

200

A wind-up toy that is wound up but not moving. .

does not have energy

has kinetic energy.

has potential energy.

has both kinetic and potential energy.

200

Kinetic Energy

the energy that an object has because it is moving

200

Scientific argumentation explains a claim with an...

Evidence

300

Generator

a machine that can convert kinetic energy into electrical energy

300

A system creates energy. Is this true or false? Why?

FALSE. The system transfers energy from one object to another.

300

While we rubbing our hands together in a cold winter day, the energy converts from _____ to ______ 

Kinetic Energy to Thermal Energy

300

Scientific Argumentation can be organized using 

The Reasoning Tool

400

Energy can be...

 can be converted from one type to another.

400

When you rock an energy-capturing rocking chair, _______ is transferred to a generator on the back of the chair. The generator ______ energy to a battery. Energy from the battery can be used to power electrical devices.

Kinetic Energy. The generator transfers energy

400

Solar Systems transfer...

Energy from the sun to the batteries

400

Claim

a proposed answer to a question about the natural world

500

Evidence

information about the natural world that is used to support or go against

500

When you turn the crank on a hand-crank flashlight, kinetic energy from your body turns the generator inside the flashlight. That kinetic energy is converted into _______ and stored in the battery, which can be _________  to the flash light.

Is converted into Potential Energy, which cab be transfer to the flash light

500


The light gets its energy from the ____________________________.

• The battery gets its energy from the ____________________________.

• The generator gets its energy from the ____________________________.

• The flywheel gets its energy from the ______

500

Mention the steps that we need to follow during scientific argumentation


Ask questions

Has a claim that proposes an answer to the question

Has evidence that supports the claim

Explains how the evidence supports the claim