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From a key of terms (heat, kinetic, light, potential and sound), students select the word which describes some common examples of energy change.

Students classify the type of energy used in seven given examples as being either potential energy, kinetic energy, or radiant energy.

Task: Identify direction of currents and explain reason for pattern. Assessment focus: convection patterns.

Task: Answer two questions about light shades. Assessment focus: reflection.

Task: Complete a table to show how energy is transformed in eight objects and describe the energy transformations in two others. Assessment focus: energy transformation.

Students describe what makes two boats move and change direction.

Task: Identify examples of experiencing sound. Assessment focus: sound.

Students answer short questions to show their knowledge of heat transfer through metal and plastic spoons.

Students are required to show their understanding of circuits by drawing wires to link a battery to bulbs so that the bulbs will light up.

Students match pictures of six objects to their appropriate energy source from the list provided.

From a collection of familiar objects, students identify all those that can act as sources of light.

Task: Match terms with definition. Assessment focus: science vocabulary.

Identify from four circuit diagrams which bulbs will light up. Assessment focus: electrical circuits.

Students place five statements in order to show how sound travels from its source to the brain.

Task: Explain what is meant by 'efficient', calculate the amount of energy produced per second and name three forms of 'waste energy' of steam engines. Assessment focus: energy transformations.

Task: Describe what happens to water on black plastic and explain why. Assessment focus: effect of colour on heat retention.

Students are asked to match six everyday objects to the main energy transformation that occurs in each of these objects.

Task: Answer questions about energy transformations of a yoyo. Assessment focus: energy transformations.

Task: Describe how energy is transformed in three situations. Assessment focus: energy transformation.

Task: Identify the colours on a taxi sitting under a red streetlight. Assessment focus: Coloured light can be produced by blocking some parts of the spectrum.

Students answer questions about energy transformation.

Students predict and investigate the way in which a concave and a convex lens distort the image of a pencil.

Students identify where heat is lost from a house, explain ways to reduce heat loss and suggest ways to reduce heat loss.

Task: Answer a multiple choice questions about what would be seen on earth if a meteor hit the moon, and explain why that answer is correct. Assessment focus: how sound and light travel.

Students complete tables of energy use.