Unit 6: Electricity and

Magnetism

Lesson 1: Energy
Video Warm-up:
Objective:

Students will be able to…

Identify various sources of energy and

describe advantages and disadvantages
of each.
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 What do we need energy for?

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Title: Energy Notes
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missing information.
 Fossil Fuels
 Coal
 Oil
 Natural Gas

Source: The fossils of animals and plants.

How does it work? Fossil fuel is burned to produce

heat.
  Source: Radioactive
Nuclear atoms, usually uranium.

 How does it work? Heat

is produced from splitting
atoms (nuclear fission).
The heat is used to
produce steam, which
powers a generator.
 Hydroelectric

 Source: Dams

 How does it work? Falling water over a

dam turns a turbine which powers a
generator.
 Solar

 Source: Sun

 How does it work? Light energy is

converted into electricity with a device
called a photocell (solar panel).
 Wind

 Source: Wind

 How does it work? Wind turns a turbine

(wind mill) which powers a generator.
Geothermal

 Source: Heat from

inside the Earth
(remember how hot the
mantle is!)

 How does it work?

Steam from heated
water rises and turns a
turbine, which powers a
generator.
 Page 3: Important Vocabulary
Turbines and Generators –
are both devices that convert kinetic energy (**moving
energy) into electricity.
**Moving energy is like the movement of water over a dam
or wind turning a wind mill.

Turbines and generators work together! A turbine is

turned by steam, wind, or water. Then the turbine turns a
magnet inside the generator, which then produces
electricity.

It is important to know that a generator uses a magnet

to produce electricity.
Today’s Activity

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