1. SRP UNIT 1 Grade 6 Aprende Middle School
Powering Our Future
SRP UNIT 1 Grade 6 Aprende Middle School

2. Unit 1: Energy in our Lives
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

3. Natural Resources Do it All
Lesson 1

4. Raw materials and energy obtained from the environment for human use.
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

5. Renewable vs. Nonrenewable
Renewable: can be made again, or renewed, by nature.
Some limited; some unlimited
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:
Limited amount
Fossil fuels (coal, oil, & natural gas)
Nuclear or atomic energy (stored in nucleus of an atom)
Brainpop: Fossil Fuels

6. Natural Resources Are Us
Find & lay in a line the following 7 final products:
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 trace the final product back to its natural resources.
There 3 cards that go with each final product
Example: Plastic Bottle plastic processed oil or petroleum oil well

7. Natural Resources: Answers
Books
Paper
Logs
Trees/sun, soil, water
Jeans
Denim fabric
Cotton bolts
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

8. Energy A - Z
Lesson 2

9. 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.

10. Thinking Time . . . Discuss with your group:
Look at the following four categories of energy use
Which uses the most? Which uses the least? 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 . . .

11. Residential 22% includes energy used in our homes – electricity for lights & electric appliances; natural gas for a furnace, stove, or hot water.
Transportation 27% includes personal use of cars, busses, trains, or planes, as well as transportation related to commerce and industry.
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.

12. 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.

13. 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.
Hmmmm . . .
Now, Lets look at the next slide and find
out . . .

14. NR NR R R R NR NR

15. 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.

16. 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 Irag
United States Germany
Australia Japan

17. The average Per Person Energy Use in the US is among the highest in the world!

18. Summary We use energy in many ways!
In addition to energy we use directly, energy is being used on our behalf by business, industry, and transportation systems around the world.
Because energy is important in our lives and because energy accounts for a major portion of our impacts on the environment, we need to understand and think about our energy use.
Conserving energy and relying more on renewable energy sources will lessen our impact on the environment.

20. Energy Transformations
Lesson 3

21. Law of Conservation of Energy 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.

22. 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

23. 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 movement of some kind
Energy can be neither created nor destroyed, but it can be transformed.
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: Kinetic energy
Brainpop: Forms of energy

24. 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

25. Chemical Energy Heat Energy Nuclear Energy Sound 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
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
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.

27. Click here to link to Energy Transformations

29. Introducing Electricity
Lesson 4

30. Fill in the percentage for each natural resource on the Student Worksheet: Analyzing our Electricity

32. Video Electricity: Making the Connection (15 min)
Student Reading: Energy and Electricity
Brainpop: Electricity
Brainpop: Current Electricity

33. 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).

34. Answer the 3 questions on the back of your student reading page.

35. Energy and Earth Timeline
Lesson 5

36. Arizona Electricity Sources
Lesson 6

37. Research and Map Making
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:
Coal
Hydropower
Wind Power
Photovoltaic (solar)
Bioenergy/ Landfill gas
Natural Gas
Nuclear

38. Materials needed 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.