Mississippi Science PHS.7.1
The Standard
- PHS.7
- Students will examine different forms of energy and energy transformations.
Using digital resources, explore forms of energy (e.g., potential, kinetic, mechanical, chemical, electrical, thermal, radiant, and nuclear).
2026 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Science · Energy
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What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use digital diagrams and simulations to find examples of different energy forms. They name the energy in each example and describe how it changes, such as chemical energy in a battery becoming electrical energy in a flashlight.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can identify energy forms in a roller coaster, flashlight, and nuclear power plant animation. They can explain where energy is stored, where motion occurs, and what changes form.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think a still battery has no energy. They may call all energy in a moving machine kinetic, without recognizing mechanical energy. They may confuse electrical energy with the source that produces it.
How to Assess It
- Show digital images of a battery flashlight, a roller coaster, and a nuclear power plant. Ask students to label all eight energy forms across the images and trace two energy changes.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Use an online roller coaster simulation to change the starting height, then record how the potential and kinetic energy bars change.
Show a flashlight diagram and ask students to write where its energy starts and why the bulb also gets warm.
Give pairs eight digital energy-form cards and example cards, then have them match each example and defend one tricky choice.
Show a diagram of a nuclear power plant and have students trace energy from the fuel to the turbine and power lines.
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Students will examine different forms of energy and energy transformations.
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