Energy+and+Change+9

DET K-10 SYLLABUS //** Students understand the scientific concept of energy and explain that energy is vital to our existence and to our quality of life. **//

//(eg dark coloured objects absorb heat energy better than light coloured objects)// ||  ||   ||   || //(eg the choice of housing insulation based on thermal conductivity, cooking pots are metal with plastic handles)// ||  ||   ||   || //(eg electricity travels through metal but not through rubber)// ||  ||  ||   || //(eg series and parallel circuits in terms of brightness of globes, heat investigations, sound investigations)// ||  ||   ||   || //(eg in an electric light, some energy is converted to waste heat energy)// ||  ||   ||   ||
 * =**Course Outline**= || =**Skills**= || =**Assessments**= || =**Resource**= ||
 * H eat energy can be transferred by radiation, conduction and convection ||  || mid unit test - shared drive E@C 9 tests2011. || [] ||
 * P roperties of materials affect their response to energy
 * Materials are selected according to their properties in technological applications
 * E xplore how and why the movement of energy varies according to the medium through which it is transferred
 * W ays that heat and/or electricity and/or wave energy (sound, light) behave in simple systems
 * E nergy is conserved when it is transformed and transferred. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * The Law of Conservation of Energy ||  ||   ||   ||
 * S ome energy is converted to ‘waste’ energy when it is transferred or transformed in a system