Energy Fundamentals 

Assignment 10-1
Handout: "Energy Scavenger Hunt"

Links

• ​http://www.eia.gov/kids/
• http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=about_laws_of_energy‐basics
• http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/games/index.html

Assignment 10-2
Using this glossary of energy words, make a set of flash cards for the following words:

• geothermal
• oil
• fossil fuels
• oil shale
• steam
• ocean tides
• water 
• biomass
• natural gas
• coal
• fission
• solar
• gasoline
• methane
• hydroelectric
• waste
• fusion
• plants
• nuclear energy
• crude oil
• wind
• battery
• ocean waves
• uranium
• petroleum
• garbage
• wood
• renewable***


• nonrenewable***

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Water Cycle Project

Assignment 10-3
This week we are learning about the water cycle. These sites will help you find the information you need to get started:

• www.epa.gov/ogwdw/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html
• www.kidzone.ws/water/

Activity

Using The Water Cycle Worksheet and the links below find out THREE interesting facts about The Water Cycle.

http://www.kidzone.ws/water/

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/water.html

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/cycle.html

http://www.njawwa.org/kidsweb/waterfacts/waterfacts.htm

http://www.njawwa.org/kidsweb/watercycle/watercycle.htm

http://www.wrc.govt.nz/ws/ww/twc.htm

Science Vocabulary
water cycle
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
runoff transpiration

solar system
planet
dwarf planet
Scientific Method
hypothesis
experiment

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