Energy Sciences

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 19.04.10

  1. Unit Guide
  1. What Is Energy?
  2. How Do We Get the Energy We Need?
  3. Teaching Strategies: Constructing a Windmill
  4. Lesson Sequencing
  5. Bibliography
  6. End Notes
  7. Appendix: Implementing District Standards

Harnessing the Wind Like William Kamkwamba: Building Model Windmills in a 4th Grade STEM Lab

Jason Justin Ward

Published September 2019

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Appendix: Implementing District Standards

The unit was designed specifically to enhance the teaching of the following standards:

4-PS3-2 Energy:  Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

4-PS3-4 Energy:  Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

And the following NGSS Science and Engineering Practices:

Asking Questions and Defining Problems

Developing and Using Models

Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

Engaging in Argument from Evidence.

The following graphic illustrates what this unit covers, and does not cover under NGSS:

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