Powering Our Future
SRP UNIT 1
Grade 6
Aprende Middle School
Unit 1: Energy in our Lives
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Knowledge of natural resources
Ways we use energy
Forms of energy
Energy transformations
Electricity
Nonrenewable & renewable resources
Energy sources with the greatest potential
for use in Arizona
Brainpop: Energy Sources
Natural Resources Do it All
Lesson 1
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Natural Resources – Raw materials and
energy that we take from the natural
environment for human use.
Raw materials and energy obtained from the
environment for human use.
Original source of all goods.
Sustain human life.
Future generations will likely depend on the
same natural resources we depend on
today.
Can be renewable or nonrenewable.
Brainpop: Natural Resources
Renewable vs. Nonrenewable
• Renewable: can be made again, or renewed, by
nature.
• Some limited; some unlimited
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Heat of the Earth (geothermal)
Biomass (plants, trees, crops, animal wastes)
Movement of water (hydropower)
Wind
Sun/Solar radiation
• Nonrenewable: Cannot be made again by nature:
Brainpop:
• Limited amount
Fossil Fuels
– Fossil fuels (coal, oil, & natural gas)
– Nuclear or atomic energy (stored in nucleus of an atom)
Natural Resources Are Us
• Find & lay in a line the following 7 final products:
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1. Books
2. jeans
3. soda can
4. drum & guitar
5. computer CPU
6. copper pipe & wire
7. backpack
• Line up the rest of the cards under each final product
to show the order in which the product was made.
• There 3 cards that go with each final product
• Example: Plastic Bottle plastic processed oil or
petroleum oil well
Natural Resources: Answers
• Books
– Paper
– Logs
– Trees/sun, soil, water
• Jeans
– Denim fabric
– Cotton bolls
– Cotton plants/ sun, soil
water
• Soda Can
– Sheets of aluminum
– Aluminum ingots
– Bauxite mine
• Drum & Guitar
– Partially made instruments
– Hardwood planks
– Hardwood trees/sun, soil, water
• Computer CPU
– Circuit board
– Silicon (Si)
– Silicon mine
• Copper Pipe & Wire
– Processed copper
– Copper ore
– Copper mine
• Backpack
– Nylon fabric & thread
– Processed oil/petroleum
– Oil well
Energy A - Z
Lesson 2
Energy A - Z
Energy in science is defined as the
capacity to do work or create change.
• We will NOT be focusing on energy
outside of our bodies. (No running, lifting,
etc..)
• We WILL be focusing on energy used to
power appliances or fuel vehicles.
Thinking Time . . .
• Discuss with your group:
– Look at the following four categories of energy use
– Which uses the most? Which uses the least? In box #2
rank the following categories: 1- 4 from most to least.
» Residential – electricity used in our homes
» Industrial – industry and manufacturing
» Commercial – stores and restaurants
» Transportation – personal and commercial
use of transportation
Now, Lets look at the next slide and find
out . . .
Transportation
27% includes
personal use of
cars, busses, trains,
or planes, as well
as transportation
related to
commerce and
industry.
Residential 22%
includes energy used in
our homes – electricity
for lights & electric
appliances; natural gas
for a furnace, stove, or
hot water.
Commercial 18%
includes commerce or
business and trade
such as stores or
restaurants where we
make purchases.
Industrial 33% includes industry and manufacturing, such as the energy needed
to make metals from raw ore, or plastic from oil, denim fabric from cotton, as well
as making cars, computers, or blue jeans with processed materials.
What was the most surprising fact
you learned?
What was the least surprising?
Write the information you learned about the
four categories of Energy usage in your
packets. Be sure to include the percentages.
Thinking Time . . .
• Discuss with your group:
What do you think is the percentage of
nonrenewable resources vs. the renewable
resources used in the United States.
example: 40% nonrenewable
60% renewable
As a group, decide upon a percentage.
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Hmmmm . . .
Now, Lets look at the next slide and find
out . . .
What was the most surprising fact
you learned?
What was the least surprising?
Write the information you learned about the
four categories of Energy usage in your
packets. Be sure to include the percentages.
Thinking Time . . .
• Discuss with your group:
Which country uses the most energy and which
country uses the least – Rank the following
countries in the order of most (1) to least (13)
Energy consumption.
Kenya
India
Russia
Brazil
China
UK
Kuwait
Mexico
Iraq
United States Germany
Australia
Japan
The average Per Person Energy Use in the US is among the highest in the world!
Summary of your what you
learned today:
Make 4 Generalizations about your
learning today:
(not specific facts)
Making an inference about what
you learned.
• Example: We use energy in
many ways.
Energy Transformations
Lesson 3
Law of Conservation of Energy
or, Law of Thermodynamics
What do you think this means??
• Energy can be neither created nor
destroyed, it can only be transferred
from one form to another.
• Anytime we use energy for any purpose it
must be transformed from another source.
like natural resources from the
environment.
• We can always trace energy back to
natural resources.
Energy
• Majority of the current energy supply from
the US and other industrialized nations is
derived from nonrenewable sources.
• Consumer use of energy necessitates
converting energy from one form to
another
– Example:
• coal to electricity to light
• Natural gas to heat to stove
Energy Transformations
• Energy can be potential (stored) or kinetic
– Potential (stored) energy: energy that is stored
in some way
Brainpop: Potential energy
– Kinetic energy: energy of motion, involves
Brainpop:
movement of some kind
• Energy can be neither created nor
destroyed, but it can be transformed.
Kinetic
energy
– Light bulbs convert electric energy to light
energy
– Movement of our bodies converts chemical
energy to kinetic energy
– School bell converts electric energy to sound
energy
Brainpop: Forms of energy
Energy: The capacity to do work or create change
• Motion Energy
– The energy of an object
or substance in
movement; kinetic
energy
– Person dancing, car
moving, thrown ball
• Gravitational Energy
– The energy an object has
due to place or position,
such as its height above
the Earth; a form of
potential energy
– Rock on the edge of a
cliff, water behind a dam
• Electric Energy
– The energy of electrons
(negatively charged
particles) moving or
flowing within a
substance
– In power lines, from a
battery
• Light Energy
– The electromagnetic
energy that travels in
waves; radiant energy
– Sunlight, light of a lamp
or TV or computer
monitor
• Heat Energy
– The internal energy of a
substance due to random
vibration & movement of
atoms & molecules;
thermal energy
– Heat from stove, grill, fire
• Sound Energy
– The energy that moves
through substances (like
air) by compression
waves; sound
– Any kind of sound from a
human, machine, animal
• Chemical Energy
– The energy stored in
chemical bonds between
atoms & molecules
– Photosynthesis in plants,
eating food, coal, oil
• Nuclear Energy
– The energy stored in the
nucleus of an atom; holds
the atom together; atomic
energy
– Uranium at a nuclear
power plant; plutonium in
a nuclear bomb
Laws of Thermodynamics: Total amount of energy in the universe
is constant. Energy can be neither created nor destroyed, but it
can be transferred from one form to another.
Click here to link to Energy Transformations
Introducing Electricity
Lesson 4
Thinking Time . . .
• Write the following Natural Resources in
your spiral notebook.
• Beside each resource, write the
percentage of electricity you think that
particular resource generates in Arizona.
Remember, it must add up to 100%!
1. Nuclear
2. Natural Gas
3. Coal
4. Hydropower
5. Petroleum
6. Solar, Bioenergy, Wind
Fill in the percentage for each natural resource on the Student Worksheet: Analyzing our Electricity
Video
• Electricity: Making the Connection (15 min)
• Student Reading: Energy and Electricity
Brainpop: Electricity
Brainpop: Current Electricity
• Write 2 Facts/Main Ideas from the Video
Main Ideas
• With your group – put together your
facts/Main Ideas from the video to
come up with 3/4 different
facts/Main Ideas (one for each
person in your group)
• Put your initials next to the fact/Main
Idea that you contributed.
• Put all your names/period # on this
paper and turn it into the box.
• You have 5 minutes.
Energy & Electricity
• Electric energy can be made from many other
forms of energy.
• Electromagnetism is a natural phenomenon in
which electricity and magnetism affect each
other.
• Most ways of making electricity rely on
electromagnetism
• Most power plants make electricity with
turbine generators (which rely on
electromagnetism).
Answer the 3
questions on
the back of
your student
reading page.
Task:
• 1. READ: In groups of twos; read page 9 in your packet –
Energy and Electricity – each person reads 2 paragraphs –
highlight important information.
• 2. ANSWER QUESTIONS: Complete the question sheet:
Energy and Electricity together – each person should have their
own worksheet. Yes, write COMPLETE SENTENCES!
• 3. PICTURE & FLOW MAP: On the back of the question sheet,
draw a picture of a Turbine Generator. Then create a Flow Map
showing how a Turbine Generator works. You may work
together, however, each person is to have their own Question
Sheet/Generator Flow Map
Energy and Earth Timeline
Lesson 5
Arizona Electricity Sources
Lesson 6
Research and Map Making
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What natural resources can be used to make
electricity?
What resources are used in Arizona?
You will work in one of seven teams to explore
electricity sources in Arizona:
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Coal
Hydropower
Wind Power
Photovoltaic (solar)
Bioenergy/ Landfill gas
Natural Gas
Nuclear
Materials needed
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Student Handout: Map of Arizona
Student worksheet: Analyzing our electricity
Team Task Card
Follow the directions on each Team Task Card to
create a display poster and a mini-presentation for
your group.
• Add to the Map the location of your energy
sources. Be prepared to share with the class.
• You will have only 2 days in the computer lab to
complete this assignment. You will be graded on
whatever you complete in those 2 days.