The energy chain

Play the Energy Flow Game and follow energy from its source.

Your book has an Energy Flow Game. Some paper slips name SOURCES of energy: the Sun, wind, water, food, fuel and electricity. Other slips name TYPES of energy: heat, light, movement and sound. The last slips name USES: drying clothes, lighting a bulb, turning a turbine, cooking, running, and so on.

Each child gets one slip and walks around the class to find the two others that complete their energy chain, in this order: source, then type, then use.

Your book gives two chains. The Sun → heat → helps dry clothes. The wind → movement → turns a turbine to make electricity. A group might say, 'We are the heat of the Sun, and we help to dry clothes!'

Your book also asks where the energy comes from for a child carrying a school bag. The answer is food.

An energy chain goes source → type → use: the Sun → heat → dries clothes, the wind → movement → turns a turbine, and food gives a child the energy to carry a school bag.

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