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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Sound Energy Sources Cut and Paste Worksheet
Teach your students all about sound energy sources using this cut-and-paste sorting worksheet.
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Sound Energy Mini Book
Teach your students all about sound energy sources using this 12-page mini-book.
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Heat Energy Sources Interactive Activity
Help students identify different sources of heat energy with this engaging, interactive activity.
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Sources of Heat Worksheet Pack
Learn all about different thermal energy sources with this set of heat worksheets.
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Sound Energy Sources Interactive
With your students, explore the sources of sound energy and how we sense them using this interactive science activity.
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Sound Energy Flipbook Science Activity
Encourage your students to record their knowledge about sound energy using this fun flip book science activity.
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Sound Energy Board Game
Enable your students to practice identifying and describing sound energy sources with this fast-paced board game!
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Exploring Sound Energy Worksheet Pack
Enhance your students' comprehension of sound energy concepts, whilst catering to a range of learning needs, with this set of 11 worksheets.
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Sound Energy Project (Buzzing Balloons)
Engage your class with this sound energy exploration! This simple experiment will show students how sound is produced by a source and can be sensed.
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Heat Sources Cut-and-Paste Worksheet
Explore different types of heat sources with your students using this cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Simple Circuit Diagram
Spark curiosity and illuminate young minds with the wonders of electricity. Download this simple circuit diagram to light up your classroom!
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Electricity and Circuits Guided Notes
Use this set of guided notes when teaching your students about electricity and circuits.
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Forms of Energy – Science Experiments for Kids
Investigate mechanical, electrical, light, thermal, and sound energy with this set of science activities for kids.
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Does the Sun Transfer Heat? – Science Experiment
Discover how the sun transfers thermal energy and which objects absorb more heat with this science experiment for kids.
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Electricity and Circuits Instructional Slide Deck
Use our editable instructional slide deck to break down the fundamentals of electricity and circuits for your students.
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Forms of Energy PowerPoint
An editable PowerPoint to use when teaching about the different forms of energy.
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Forms of Energy Poster
A poster to display in the classroom that shows different forms of energy.
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Identifying Forms of Energy Worksheet
A worksheet to practice identifying different forms of energy.
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Conductors and Insulators Poster
A poster highlighting conductors and insulators of heat energy.
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Light Display Banner Version 2
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Light' display board.
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Let the Sun Shine In! - Worksheet
A worksheet to use when exploring the sun as a light source.
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Electrical Conductors and Insulators Worksheet
Explore electrical conductors and insulators with this 2-page worksheet.
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Shadow Worksheet Pack (K)
Shine a light on shadows with a pack of printable Shadow Worksheets for kindergarten.
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Interactive Shadow Matching Game
Introduce your students to the concept of shadows with an interactive Shadow Matching Game.
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Shadow Walk Activity Pack (K-1)
Explore light and shadow while building science observation skills with a printable Shadow Walk Activity Pack.
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Interactive Sources of Light Game (K)
Explore examples of light sources with your kindergarten students by playing an Interactive Light Sources Game.
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Shadow Matching Worksheet Pack
Use our printable Shadow Matching Worksheet pack to explore light energy and help your students practice observing properties of objects
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Balloon Rocket Experiment
Complete a hands-on Balloon Rocket experiment to use when investigating how energy can make things move.
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Cup and String Phone - Science Sound Investigation
Build and test a cup and string phone to investigate the transmission of sound waves through different media.
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What Is Conduction? - PowerPoint Presentation
Use this introduction to thermal conductivity lesson to explain to your students the properties of matter and the transfer of energy.
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Kinetic and Potential Energy Word Search
Use an energy word search to practice potential and kinetic energy vocabulary.
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Observing Conduction Science Experiment
Teach students to make predictions about and observe thermal energy transfer through this conduction experiment.