Energy Teaching Resources
Explore energy in your science classroom with engaging activities, printable worksheets and more teacher resources aligned with the NGSS 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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Forms of Energy Sorting Activity
Help students identify the different forms of energy with this set of 24 sorting cards.
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Forms of Energy Worksheet
A worksheet about the different forms of energy.
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Forms of Energy (Heat, Light and Sound) Worksheet
Identify different forms of energy with this cut and paste worksheet.
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Reflection, Refraction, and Absorption Worksheet Pack
Use a Reflection, Refraction, and Absorption worksheet pack to ensure students understand light energy.
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Sound Energy Task Cards
Reinforce student understanding of sound energy facts and vocabulary with this set of 24 task cards.
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Will Light Pass Through It? Light Investigation Activity Pack
Predict and test light interactions with transparent, translucent, and opaque materials with our ‘Will Light Pass Through It?’ Investigation Activity.
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Light Interactions Scavenger Hunt Pack
Go on a Light Interactions Scavenger Hunt to get your kindergarteners exploring how light interacts with different materials.
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Bats and Echolocation Worksheets - Comprehension
Read and learn about how bats use echolocation to navigate and find food with a printable Echolocation Worksheet Pack.
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Insulators and Conductors Worksheet
Identify different insulators and conductors of thermal and electrical energy with this worksheet.
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Sound Word Wall Vocabulary
Build academic vocabulary with a set of 32 Sound Energy Vocabulary Word Wall Cards.
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Sound Energy Interactive Activity
Reinforce your students' understanding of sound energy concepts with this Sound Energy Interactive Activity.
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Reflection Or Refraction? Maze Worksheets
Help your students understand the difference between reflection and refraction with our Reflection or Refraction Maze Worksheets.
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Light Energy Posters
Introduce your students to how light behaves and interacts with different materials with a set of printable Light Energy Posters.
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How We Hear Sound Worksheets
Explore how sound travels through the ear with a set of cut-and-paste How We Hear Sound Worksheets.
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Seeing Light - Transparent, Translucent, Opaque Materials Experiment
Explore samples of transparent, translucent, and opaque materials with an engaging Light Energy Experiment.
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Energy Transformation Quiz
Assess your students’ knowledge of how energy changes form with a printable Energy Transformation Quiz.
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Stopping Sound! Insulator Experiment
Explore and test materials to determine their effectiveness with an engaging Sound Insulator Experiment.
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Light and Sound Waves - Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Explore the movement of light and sound waves in thunderstorms with a printable Light and Sound Wave Reading Comprehension Worksheet.
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Real-World Energy Transformation Task Cards
Explore how energy is used and transformed in everyday devices with our printable Energy Transformation Task Cards.
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Sound Energy Board Game
Enable your students to practice identifying and describing sound energy sources with this fast-paced board game!
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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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Science Experiment - Angles of Reflection
A science experiment that explores reflected light.
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Exploring Sound Energy Worksheet Pack
Enhance your students' comprehension of sound energy concepts, whilst catering to a range of learning needs, with this Exploring Sound Energy Worksheet Pack..
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Will It Cast a Shadow? Interactive Game
Explore how light behaves when it strikes different materials with a self-checking ‘Will It Cast a Shadow?’ Interactive Game.
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I Spy - Light Levels Interactive Activity
Observe and discover the importance of light with an interactive ‘I Spy’ Light Levels Interactive Activity.
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Where is My Shadow? Worksheet Pack
Help your students predict how light behaves and creates shadows with our printable ‘Where is My Shadow?’ Worksheets.
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Light Interactions Sorting Activity (K)
Explore light interactions and materials that allow all, some, and none of the light to pass through them with our Light Interactions Sorting Activity.
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What's in the Box? - Light Observation Activity
Help your young learners discover the need for light to see objects with this What's In the Box? Light Observation Activity.
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Dark, Dim, or Bright? Light Observation Activity Slides
Help your kindergartners see the usefulness of light energy and how it helps us see things clearly with our ‘Dark, Dim, or Bright’ Light Observation Activity slides.
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Light Level Observation Worksheet (K)
Explore and observe the importance of appropriate lighting with a ‘Looking at Light Levels’ Observation Worksheet for Kindergarten.
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Light Energy Unit Test
Assess your students understanding of light with a no-prep Light Energy Assessment.
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Thermal Energy Transfer Foldables
Explore and record learning about the three types of thermal energy transfer with a set of foldable Heat Transfer Foldables.