Energy Teaching Resources
Explore energy in your science classroom with engaging activities, printable worksheets and more teacher resources aligned with the Australian science curriculum.
This collection of teacher-created resources covers everything you need to introduce primary students to sound, light, heat, electricity and so much more! Save time on your lesson plans with easily editable resources and differentiated options that have been carefully reviewed by the science teachers on the Teach Starter team to ensure they're ready for your classroom and your students!
Is this your first year engaging kids on the topic of energy? Or maybe you are just looking for fresh ideas? Read on for a help from our teacher team!
What Is Energy? A Kid-Friendly Definition
Ever wish you had a script handy to introduce any topic to your class for the first time? We hear you! The Teach Starter site is packed with kid-friendly definitions made just for teachers! Here's one that we use to explain what energy means to our students:
Energy is the ability to do work or cause change. It's found all around us — even when we can't see it — making things happen!
For example, energy is what makes a lightbulb glow or creates the sound we hear when we play a musical instrument.
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Looking at Light Energy PowerPoint
Teach the wonders of light energy with an engaging slide deck covering light energy for kids!
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Electricity and Circuits Guided Notes for Year 6
Use this set of guided notes when teaching your students about electricity and circuits.
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What is Heat? Thermal Energy Teaching Slides
Guide students through learning about thermal energy with this set of ‘What is Heat?’ teaching slides.
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How Do Circuits Work? Worksheet for Year 6
Guide your students to create a diagram that shows complete and incomplete circuits and explain their function with this worksheet.
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Circuit Diagrams Worksheet
A worksheet that explores how to read and write circuit diagrams.
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Electricity and Circuits Teaching Slides for Year 6
Use our editable teaching slides to break down the fundamentals of electricity and circuits for your students.
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It's Electric! - PowerPoint Presentation
A 23 slide editable PowerPoint to use when teaching your students about electricity in Science.
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Heat Sources Cut-and-Paste Worksheet
Explore different types of heat sources with your students using this cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Year 3 Sources of Heat Worksheet Pack
Learn all about different thermal energy sources with this set of heat worksheets.
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Heat Sources Poster Set
Display these heat sources posters during your heat energy science unit.
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Circuit Diagram Symbols Poster
A poster that shows a range of symbols used for drawing circuit diagrams.
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Sound Energy Interactive Activity
Reinforce your students' understanding of sound energy concepts with this set of 10 interactive activities.
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Electricity Word Wall Vocabulary
Use this teacher-created electricity resource to teach electricity-related vocabulary. Build a word wall with your students during your electricity lessons.
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See Light Through Me Worksheet
A worksheet that explores classification of objects according to light transmission.
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Light Word Wall Vocabulary
Print out vocabulary cards for your light unit.
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Light Sources Poster Pack
Give your students a clear and kid-friendly introduction to light energy with a printable Natural and Artificial Light Sources Poster pack.
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Build a Pizza Box Pizza Oven - Solar Energy STEM Project
Build a pizza box solar oven to demonstrate the power of thermal energy with an exciting Solar Oven Stem Project
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Sound Energy (First Nations Musical Instruments)Teaching Slides
Help your students discover how traditional musical instruments used by First Nations Australians produce their characteristic sounds with this teaching presentation.
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Forms of Energy Poster Pack
Display information about mechanical, electrical, light, thermal and sound energy with this poster pack.
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Energy and Electricity Vocabulary Cards
Reinforce science vocabulary in your classroom with this set of word wall cards that focus on forms of energy and electricity.
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Heat Sources Sorting Activity
Explore various sources of heat and how they are produced with this printable Heat Energy Sorting activity.
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Shadow Matching Worksheet Pack
Use our printable Shadow Matching Worksheet pack to explore shape matching and help your students practise observing properties of objects.
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Sound Energy Project (Rubber Band Musical Instruments)
Use this sound energy experiment to help your students visualise sound using everyday items.
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Let the Sun Shine In! - Worksheet
A worksheet to use when exploring the sun as a light source.
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Science Experiment - Line Up the Light!
A science experiment which explores how light travels.
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Introduction to Electricity Worksheet
A worksheet that explores the concept of electricity.
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Do I Have a Shadow? Activity (F-1)
Explore light and shadow while practising science inquiry skills with an engaging Predict and Observe Shadow Experiment for early learners.
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Sound Energy Poster Set
Display this set of 5 sound energy posters in your classroom to help students remember key information about this form of energy.
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Forms of Energy (Heat, Light and Sound) Worksheet
Guide your students to identify different forms of energy with this cut and paste worksheet.
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Heat Energy Word Search
Help students remember heat energy vocabulary with this word search.
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Year 3 Heat Energy Vocabulary Cards
Explore heat energy vocabulary with this set of thermal energy vocabulary cards.
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Electrical Circuits Wall Display
Create a wall display showing different types of circuits and related vocabulary.