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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Electricity Word Wall Vocabulary
Use this teacher-created electricity resource to teach electricity-related vocabulary. Build a word wall with your students during your electricity lessons.
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Energy of the Sun Worksheet
Investigate and record the amount of energy from the sun with this science experiment for kids.
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Forms of Energy Poster Pack
Display information about mechanical, electrical, light, thermal and sound energy with this poster pack.
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Energy and Electricity Vocabulary Cards
Reinforce science vocabulary in your classroom with this set of word wall cards that focus on forms of energy and electricity.
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Forms of Energy & Electricity Vocabulary Worksheets
Review forms of energy and electricity terms with this science vocabulary worksheet pack.
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Circuits Bulletin Board Display
Create a bulletin board displaying different types of circuits and related vocabulary.
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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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Understanding Insulators Teaching Slides
Teach your students about electrical and thermal insulators with this teaching presentation.
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Forms of Energy Foldable
A foldable to use when learning about the different forms of energy.
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Kinetic and Potential Energy Foldable
A foldable to use when learning about kinetic and potential energy.
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Thermal Energy Transfer Sorting Activity
Learn about conduction, convection, and radiation with this set of 24 sorting cards.
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All About Heat Transfer
Challenge your students to show what they know about conduction, convection, and radiation by identifying examples of each.
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Electric Avenue - Understanding the Non-contact Force of Electrostatics PowerPoint
A teaching presentation introducing the students to the non-contact force of electrostatics.
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Thermal Energy Transfer Foldable
A foldable to use when learning about the three types of thermal energy transfer.
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Kinetic and Potential Energy: Pendulum Experiment
A science experiment to use with your students when learning about kinetic and potential energy and work.
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Heat Transfer: Radiation Guided Notes
A set of guided notes to use when teaching about radiation.
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Identifying Forms of Energy Worksheet
A worksheet to practice identifying different forms of energy.
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Forms of Energy Task Cards
A set of 12 task cards to practice identifying forms of energy found in everyday tasks.
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Light Diffraction Poster
A poster explaining the sunlight and its colors.
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Electricity Experiment
An experiment to investigate if electricity moves better through different gage wires.
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The Energy Cycle - Worksheet
A worksheet for students to sequence the steps of the energy cycle.
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Science Experiment - True Colors
A science experiment that explores the perception of color.
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In the Shadows Worksheet
A worksheet that explores the difference between shadows.
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Science Experiment - Angles of Reflection
A science experiment that explores reflected light.
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See Light Through Me Worksheet
A worksheet that explores classification of objects according to light transmission.
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Science Experiment - Shine Bright, Electric Light!
A science experiment that investigates how changes to electrical circuits affects their components.
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Science Experiment - Lights Line Up!
A science experiment which explores light.
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Light Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Light' display board.
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Light Display Banner Version 2
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Light' display board.
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Storm's a Comin' - Worksheet
A worksheet to use when exploring sound in science or music.
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It's Electric! - PowerPoint Presentation
Teach your students about electricity with this editable 23-slide teaching PowerPoint.
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What's in the Box? - Worksheet
A worksheet to use when exploring the concept of light.