Florida SC.5.P.10.2
The Standard
Investigate and explain that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change.
Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Science
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students investigate situations where energy makes an object move or changes matter. They use observations and measurements to explain the cause and effect.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can identify an energy source and describe the resulting motion or change. They support their explanation with specific evidence from an investigation.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think energy and force are the same thing, or that only electricity counts as energy. They may describe what moved or changed without identifying the energy source.
How to Assess It
- Give students data showing that a toy car traveled farther when released from a higher ramp. Ask them to explain how energy caused the motion, using the data.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Release toy cars from two ramp heights, measure travel distances, and explain how stored energy caused motion.
Write a claim explaining how sunlight, heat, sound, or electricity can cause one observable change.
Sort source and effect cards, then earn a point by explaining each energy connection correctly.
Survey classroom devices and create a chart showing each energy source and the motion or change it produces.
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Related Standards
- SC.7.P.11.2
Investigate and describe the transformation of energy from one form to another.
- SC.5.P.10.4
Investigate and explain that electrical energy can be transformed into heat, light, and sound energy, as well as the energy of motion.
- SC.4.P.10.2
Investigate and describe that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change.
- SC.3.P.10.2
Recognize that energy has the ability to cause motion or create change.
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