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    • Title:
      Don't Marry the Mole! (Sun as an Energy Source)  

       
      Resource ID: 4633
      URL: http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=11052
      Resource Description: Students conduct a series of activities to better understand solar energy and the broader concept of the sun as an energy source. Some of the activities include: observing how heat energy blows up a balloon, launching a solar air balloon, and making a solar oven.
      Instructional Component Type(s): Unit / Lesson Sequence (Primary Type), Worksheet, Teaching Idea
      Keywords: solar energy, rate of change, solar oven, sun, solar, energy
      Intended Audience: Educators, Students, Parents
      Public Remarks: By Author/Submitter
      See Access Points PD Modules under "Support" Tab of www.floridastandards.org
      Resource Collection: CPALMS

  • RELATED STANDARDS (4)
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      »  SC.3.E.6.1: Demonstrate that radiant energy from the Sun can heat objects and when the Sun is not present, heat may be lost.
          Cognitive Complexity: High     l Date Adopted or Revised: 02/08        
          Belongs to: Earth Structures

      »  SC.3.P.10.1: Identify some basic forms of energy such as light, heat, sound, electrical, and mechanical.
          Cognitive Complexity: Low     l Date Adopted or Revised: 02/08        
          Belongs to: Forms of Energy

      »  SC.3.P.10.2: Recognize that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change.
          Cognitive Complexity: Low     l Date Adopted or Revised: 02/08        
          Belongs to: Forms of Energy

      »  SC.3.P.11.1: Investigate, observe, and explain that things that give off light often also give off heat.
          Cognitive Complexity: High     l Date Adopted or Revised: 02/08        
          Belongs to: Energy Transfer and Transformations


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  • SOURCE & ACCESS INFORMATION
    • Name of Author/Source: Utah Education Network
      Resource recommended by: Kimberly Lanier
      Web Address of Author/Source: http://www.uen.org/lessonplan/
      Is this Resource freely Available? Yes
      Access Privileges: Public

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