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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Understanding Insulators Teaching Slides
Teach your students about electrical and thermal insulators with this teaching presentation.
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Insulators & Conductors Sorting Activity
Distinguish between insulators and conductors with a picture-based sorting activity.
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Energy Transformations Worksheet
A worksheet to practice identifying energy transformations.
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Kinetic and Potential Energy Foldable
A foldable to use when learning about kinetic and potential energy.
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Heat Transfer Worksheet
A worksheet to practice identifying the methods of heat transfer.
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All About Heat Transfer
Challenge your students to show what they know about conduction, convection, and radiation by identifying examples of each.
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Electric Avenue - Understanding the Non-contact Force of Electrostatics PowerPoint
A teaching presentation introducing the students to the non-contact force of electrostatics.
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Thermal Energy Transfer Foldable
A foldable to use when learning about the three types of thermal energy transfer.
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Is It a Conductor or an Insulator? - Worksheet
With this hands-on worksheet, students will cut and sort conductors and insulators based on their ability to transfer heat energy.
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Heat Transfer: Radiation Guided Notes
A set of guided notes to use when teaching about radiation.
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Identifying Forms of Energy Worksheet
A worksheet to practice identifying different forms of energy.
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Forms of Energy Task Cards
A set of 12 task cards to practice identifying forms of energy found in everyday tasks.
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Light Diffraction Poster
A poster explaining the sunlight and its colors.
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Electricity Experiment
An experiment to investigate if electricity moves better through different gage wires.
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The Heat is On Worksheet
A worksheet that covers the topic of heat energy.
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The Energy Cycle - Worksheet
A worksheet for students to sequence the steps of the energy cycle.
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What is Heat? Worksheet
A worksheet to help students understand heat energy.
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In Living Color Worksheet
A worksheet that explores how we see color.
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Science Experiment - True Colors
A science experiment that explores the perception of color.
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In the Shadows Worksheet
A worksheet that explores the difference between shadows.
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Light and Shadow - Design an Experiment Worksheet
A worksheet that explores light and shadow and the principles of a fair test.
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Heat Transference Worksheet
A worksheet to help students identify examples of heat transference.
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Science Experiment - Angles of Reflection
A science experiment that explores reflected light.
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Moving Heat Worksheet
A worksheet to help students understand how heat moves.
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Conductors and Insulators Poster
A poster highlighting conductors and insulators of heat energy.
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Refracting Light Task Cards
A set of 5 Task Cards with activities that allow students to observe the refraction of light.
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See Light Through Me Worksheet
A worksheet that explores classification of objects according to light transmission.
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Science Experiment - Shine Bright, Electric Light!
A science experiment that investigates how changes to electrical circuits affects their components.
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Circuit Diagrams Worksheet
A worksheet that explores how to read and write circuit diagrams.
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Science Experiment - Lights Line Up!
A science experiment which explores light.
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Light Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Light' display board.
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Light Display Banner Version 2
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Light' display board.