Forms of Energy Review

Students will:

• Be able to use project writer to write and explain, using vocabulary words, what the different forms of energy are.

Vocabulary Words:

1. Sound Energy: Sound is produced when an object vibrates.  This causes waves of pressure that travel through the air, water, or other matter.

2. Light Energy: This is a kind of kinetic energy with the ability to make types of light visible to human eyes. It is very quick and travels faster than anything.

3. Heat Energy: This is the energy an object has because of the movement of its molecules. Heat can be transferred from one object to another. It is also called thermal energy.

4. Electrical Energy: This is made by the flow of an electric charge through a conductor.

To prepare for this lesson:

• Go to the website https://boomwriter.com/ and sign up for free.  

• Create student accounts either on the website or if students have Gmail, they can simply use the class code to log in. 

• This website provides you with a tutorial on how to set up student accounts, among other things.

• Watch the overview video on Project Writer.

  • (Click on the second one ‘How to Create a Project Writer Assignment’.

• This lesson is a review of the forms of energy that students have already learned (light, sound, heat, electrical).

See Accommodations Page and Charts on the 21things4students.net site in the Teacher Resources. 

Directions for this activity:

1. Have students type in their class code to sign up for BoomWriter if you did not already sign them up. 

2. The teacher will go to the BoomWriter website and select their class. Press the button for New Assignment. Then select Project Writer.

   • Under the title, type in Forms of Energy. 

   • In blank below that says, “Writing Instruction/Guidelines”, type in Heat Energy in the small box.  

   • Type in the large box, Describe what heat energy is. Use the vocabulary words listed below.

   • The box that says vocabulary - type in the following words for students to use in their writing: conductor, thermal, sun, particles, waves.

   • Click the Add section in the top right corner.

   • Follow the same steps from numbers 4-6 but this time use Light Energy and choose vocab words that you want them to use in their description.  

   • Continue to do the same steps 4-6 with Electrical Energy and Sound Energy.  

   • Click Start and it will take you to your students’ dashboard.

3. Students can now log in to their own account and begin their assignment. 

4. You can click on individual students to check their progress and see what students used the vocabulary words given.

Different options for assessing the students:

• Observations
• Check for understanding
• The teacher can actually click on individual student names and it will show how many vocab words the student used in their writing, along with their word count, and what they wrote.