Mississippi Science P.4.6A.3
The Standard
- P.4.6A
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of the common sources and uses of heat and electric energy and the materials used to transfer heat and electricity.
Develop models demonstrating how heat and electrical energy can be transformed into other forms of energy (e.g., motion, sound, heat, or light).
2026 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Science · Motion, Forces, and Energy
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What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students draw models that show energy changing form. They use arrows and labels to show how heat can cause motion and how electrical energy can produce motion, sound, heat, or light.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can show warm water heating the air above it, then rising air turning a paper spiral. They can also show electrical energy reaching a buzzer and producing sound.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may label the battery as the sound source instead of showing electrical energy reaching the buzzer. They may show heat turning a paper spiral without showing that warm air moves the paper.
How to Assess It
- Ask students to draw two arrow models: warm water heating air that turns a paper spiral, and a battery running a buzzer. Have them label the energy changes.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Hang a paper spiral above a bowl of warm water, then sketch how heat makes rising air turn it.
Ask students to draw and explain where electrical energy goes when a hair dryer blows warm air.
Give pairs cards showing a motor, buzzer, flashlight, and heater; have them match each device to its energy output.
Have students trace a toaster’s electrical energy to its hot coils, then to the bread it warms.
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