Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123
Curriculum Mini-Lessons
Created as part of the 2004-2005 Classroom Mini-Grant Program
Title: Energy
Subject: Science
Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Overview: Students will create a graphic organizer of examples of different types of energy.
Purpose: Students will demonstrate their understanding of the different forms of energy.
Resources and Materials: Science text book, Discovery Works, p.p. C12-C13; Kidspiration
Internet Address: none
Activities:
1. Read and discuss p.p. C12-C13.
2. Model for
students how to use Kidspiration if they haven’t done so before.
This program should be on your hard
drive. You can model this using your iTview.
3. The word
energy must be put in the middle of the
web. The web should then include
six spokes for each form of energy:
chemical, electrical, sound, mechanical,
light, and heat energy. You may want
to create this much of the web with
the students.
4. The
students should then link two examples of
each form of energy to that type.(i.e.
gas---chemical energy---oil)
Evaluation: The students should print out their webs and turn them into
the teacher. The teacher will check to make sure the students
know at least two examples of each type of energy. You can
differentiate this by having higher achieving students add more
examples.