Do you need energy lessons for 4th grade? Look no further, because this post will include a list of Youtube videos you can use. In schools that are aligned with the NGSS, 4th graders are expected to learn about energy. Some of the questions they need to be able to reflect and respond to are the following: ‘What is energy and how is it related to motion? How is energy transferred? What is kinetic and potential energy? How can energy be used to solve a problem?’
In 4th grade, students are also asked to use evidence to come up with ideas on how speed and weight affect the energy of an object, learn about collisions, and apply engineering and scientific processes to show how energy is converted from energy to another.
It can be a very difficult unit for teachers to teach, especially if they never learned it themselves growing up. The academic vocabulary can get daunting. Here are some more ideas for teaching 4th Grade Energy.
Because of these struggles and challenges 4th grade teachers have in science class, I have compiled these 4th grade energy lessons. You can video the energy video lessons for free on Youtube, save them, or share them in Google Classrooms.
These videos can guide your instruction and provide support whenever necessary. Within the videos, you will find examples of kinetic and potential energy, how energy transfers, the different types of energy transfers, and all within these free 4th grade energy lessons.
How many energy lessons for 4th grade in this unit?
You will find five free video lessons in this energy unit for 4th grade NGSS science. Each of the 4th grade science videos are less than 7 minutes long, and can be shown during whole group instruction or shared in Google Classroom for consistent review.
The videos are a recording of the 4th Grade Energy Lesson Google Slides that you can find here.
If you get the bundle, you will have access to all of the videos as well as the Google Slides they are created in. They are editable, so you can also add, take away any concepts you wish.
Objectives for the Energy Lessons for 4th Grade
- Students will know what is energy
- Students can give examples of energy.
- Students will know real-life implications of understanding energy.
- Students can list examples of kinetic and potential energy
- Students can give examples of kinetic and potential energy
- Students will know the Laws of Conservation
- Students can describe how energy transfers from kinetic to potential energy
- Students can give examples of energy transformation.
- Students will know what impact speed has on energy
- Students will know what impact weight has on energy
- Students can describe collisions
- Students will know what their role is in the design challenge
- Students will know what the criteria and constraints are (editable)
- Students can describe the steps of the design process and what they will do in each step
Make teaching simple and easy with this 5 lesson bundle for the Energy Unit that is aligned to the NGSS standards. They are a part of the 4th Grade NGSS Curriculum. The lessons are in Google Slides with editable text and also include a Google Form check for understanding with a student page to take notes. Purchase this bundle to get 30% off the complete lesson bundle with everything you need to teach the 4-PS3 standards.
4th Grade Energy Lesson 1: What is Energy?
4th Grade Energy Lesson 2: Kinetic and Potential Energy
4th Grade Energy Lesson 3: Transfer of Energy
4th Grade Energy Lesson 4: Speed, Weight, Energy in Collisions
Energy Lesson 5: Egg in Car Design Stem Challenge
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You can find the lessons bundled together here. In this purchase, you will find that the lessons, videos, and Google Forms are included for a comprehensive set.
Included you will find the editable Google Slides along with a Google Form assessment, student notes pages, and the links to the videos.
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