Energy Forms And Changes

=Activity No # 1 - Energy Forms And Changes= Shared By: POORNIMA p.rai panchalingeshwara high school ishwaramangala

Estimated Time
15 minutes

Materials/ Resources needed

 * Computer,
 * Projector,
 * Screen,
 * Mouse.

Prerequisites/Instructions, if any
Focus on experiment

Multimedia resources
PhET Activity

Website interactives/ links/ simulations
file:///opt/PhET/en/simulation/energy-forms-and-changes.html

Process (How to do the activity)
Open PhET simulation called Energy forms and changes.


 * Drag water beaker on heat stand
 * Drag brick on other heat stand
 * Drag the thermometers close water as well as brick
 * Click on energy symbol
 * Heat and cool the water beaker by dragging the icon towards heat and cooling symbol
 * Observe the change in energy level of water as well as thermometer
 * Note down the changes in your book
 * Drag the iron block on the heating stand..
 * Heat and cool the iron by dragging the icon towards heat and cooling symbol
 * Note down the changes.
 * Heat and cool the brick by dragging the icon towards heat and cooling symbol
 * Observe the heating and cooling level of both iron and brick
 * Compare the heating and cooling capacity of water, iron and bricks

Developmental Questions (What discussion questions)

 * 1) What change do you observe?
 * 2) what is the level of temperature in fig 1.0,1.1 and 1.2?
 * 3) What is cooling?
 * 4) Among the 3 objects which has more capacity to expand while heating?
 * 5) what is the S.I unit of energy?
 * 6) Among the 3 which object stores more energy?
 * 7) Why the reading of thermometer does not show beyond 100 °c while heating of water?
 * 8) Do the iron have melts?

Evaluation (Questions for assessment of the child)

 * 1) What are the 3 states of matter?
 * 2) What is thermometer?
 * 3) What are the effects of heat?
 * 4) what is the boiling point of water?
 * 5) Among the 3 which form of object changes its state faster?
 * 6) Name the object which does not expand on heating and cooling?

Question Corner
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