Construct and measure the energy efficiency and solar heat gain of a cardboard model house. Use a light bulb heater to imitate a real furnace and a temperature sensor to monitor and regulate the internal temperature of the house. Use a bright bulb in a gooseneck lamp to model sunlight at different times of the year, and test the effectiveness of windows for passive solar heating.

Elementary grade students investigate heat transfer in this activity to design and build a solar oven, then test its effectiveness using a temperature sensor. It blends the hands-on activity with digital graphing tools that allow kids to easily plot and share their data. Included in the package are illustrated procedures and extension activities. Note Requirements: This lesson requires a "VernierGo" temperature sensing device, available for ~ $40. This item is part of the Concord Consortium, a nonprofit research and development organization dedicated to transforming education through technology. The Consortium develops digital learning innovations for science, mathematics, and engineering.

Students will observe organisms in their ecosystem and describe the flow of energy in food webs

Students will explore the garden for different forms of energy including mechanical, electrical, light, thermal and sound energy.

STUDENT ACTIVITY -- 4th -- TXThis is a distance-learning lesson students can complete at home.The student will explore their outdoor space for different forms of energy including mechanical, electrical, light, thermal and sound energy.This activity was created by Out Teach (out-teach.org), a nonprofit providing outdoor experiential learning to transform Science education for students in under-served communities.

Students will go on a scavenger hunt around the garden demonstrating and recording ways that different objects can move.

Students will observe various aspects of the outdoor classroom to experience the way birds, insects, and objects interact with gravity.

Students will experiment with different areas of the garden that absorb heat from the sun the best.

Students will explore the outdoor classroom for natural examples of heat transfer through conduction, convection, and radiation.

Students will take temperature readings and collect anecdotal evidence to determine how different materials absorb the sun's heat.

Students will use knowledge of the sun's characteristics to find evidence in the outdoor classroom that support various scientific claims.

In this activity the temperature of a reaction is monitored for different concentrations of reactants.

In this lesson the students will go on a scavenger hunt trying to find objects that have definite physical properties such as shape, mass temperature, texture and flexibility.

Students will model photosynthesis using ping pong balls as atoms found in air and water. This is relevant to students because it is a common misconception that plants get most of their materials from soil/roots.

In this lesson the students will create mixtures and note the physical properties of each of the ingredients within.

In this activity, students will create shadows and using this evidence they will write a scientific claim using evidence.

How does energy flow in and out of our atmosphere? Explore how solar and infrared radiation enters and exits the atmosphere with an interactive model. Control the amounts of carbon dioxide and clouds present in the model and learn how these factors can influence global temperature. Record results using snapshots of the model in the virtual lab notebook where you can annotate your observations.