Student Name: ______________________________ Date: _______________________ Class: _______
Energy- Children’s Story Book
Directions: Create a story book for children about energy. You must choose what your
book will be about using one of the topics below:
Book Choice #1
Book Choice #2
Book Cover- It must include a title for your book and
ALL of the author’s names. (The people in your group.)
Page #1- Describe “What is Energy?”
Page #2- Describe how energy can change into
different types of energy, but it cannot be created or
destroyed because of the Law of Conservation of
Energy.
Page #3- Show the journey that your energy character
goes through beginning with the nuclear energy inside
of the Sun.
Page #4- Show how your energy character changes
into light energy and moves as waves towards the
Earth.
Page #5- Show how your energy character changes
from light energy into chemical energy (and also
potential energy) in a plant.
Page #6- Show how your energy character changes
from chemical energy of a plant into the chemical
energy of coal (also potential energy) after the plant
dies and decays into the soil.
Page #7- Show how your energy character changes
from chemical energy of coal into electricity at a
power plant.
Page #8- Show how your energy character changes
travels as electricity (also kinetic energy) through
wires into a house.
Page #9- Show how some of your energy character
changes from electricity to light energy through a light
bulb at the house.
Page #10- Show how the rest of your energy is
released as thermal energy (or heat) through the same
light bulb.
Page #11- End your story by explaining that the energy
character is still alive, well, and is looking forward to
its next transformation.
Book Cover- It must include a title for your book and
ALL authors’ names. (The people in your group.)
Page #1- Describe “What is Energy?”
Page #2- Describe how energy can change into
different types of energy, but it cannot be created or
destroyed because of the Law of Conservation of
Energy.
Page #3- Show that your energy character can be one
of many types of energy (provide some examples), but
this story is about a character who is thermal energy
or heat.
Page #4- Show how your thermal energy character is
also kinetic energy (energy of motion) due to its
moving particles (atoms or molecules).
Page #5- Show how your energy character’s particles
can move faster and have a higher temperature or can
move slower and have a lower temperature because
of the kinetic energy of the particles.
Page #6- Show how the thermal energy character
broke off into four separate parts creating a family of
thermal energy characters to go on their own
separate adventures.
Page #7- Show how the original thermal energy
character can transfer (or move) through conduction.
(Provide an example)
Page #8- Show how the second thermal energy
character can transfer (or move) through convection.
(Provide an example in a liquid.)
Page #9- Show how the third thermal energy character
can transfer (or move) through convection.
(Provide an example in air or a gas.)
Page #10- Show how the fourth thermal energy
character can transfer (or move) through any space
through radiation. (Provide an example.)
Page #11- End your story by explaining that the energy
characters are still alive, well, and that they are
looking forward to their next adventure.
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Cut 6 pages of notebook paper in half until you have at least 12 separate pages.
Divide the work! Each of your group members should do a specific task. Some
suggestions are to give each person a page to work on (front and back) or give some
group members the task of writing and some group members the task of drawing the
illustrations. Your choice!!!
If someone is not working in your group, let your teacher know!!!
(YOU HAVE 3 DAYS TO COMPLETE YOUR BOOK!)
After the book is completed, your teacher will staple or tie the pages together using
staples or a piece of string.
Energy Children’s Book Project Rubric
2
3
4
5
Format
Unclear, not
neatly presented,
sloppy and hard
to read.
Several things out
of order, but
generally not neat
and some messy
areas.
A few things out
of order, neat
hand writing, and
clean paper.
Well organized,
easy to follow,
orderly, very
neatly written
with care and
clean paper.
Research
No effort in
researching the
energy
requirements.
Did some
researching on
the specific
energy
requirements.
Did a good job of
researching the
specific energy
requirements.
Went above and
beyond to
research the
specific energy
requirements.
Content
Contains no
required content
facts, reasons, or
incidents for all
listed pages.
Contains a few
pages of required
content facts,
reasons, or
incidents for
some of the listed
pages.
Contains almost
all of the required
content facts,
reasons, or
incidents for at
least 8 of the
listed pages.
Contains all of
the content
facts, reasons,
and incidents for
all 12 of the
listed pages.
Mechanics
Contains
numerous
grammatical and
punctuation
errors.
Contains some
grammatical and
punctuation
errors.
Contains few
grammatical and
punctuation
errors.
Relatively free of
grammatical and
punctuation
errors.
Illustrations
&
Capturing
the
Reader’s
Interest
Does not contain
specific
illustrations and
does little to
capture the
reader’s interest
in the topic.
Does contain a
few specific
illustrations and
does little to
capture the
reader’s interest
in the topic.
Does contain
most illustrations
and does some to
capture the
reader’s interest
in the topic.
Contains many
specific
illustrations and
does a great
deal to capture
the reader’s
interest in the
topic.
Total Score:
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