Energy is all around us. Being able to understand the transfer and transformation of energy within the systems around us is vital for a functioning society. Just look how food is needed so our bodies can transform potential chemical energy into kinetic energy. Occupations like mechanics need to understand how energy is transformed and transferred so they can maintain vehicles that are energy efficient. With so many households using a kettle to boil water it’s a simple system that allows us to explore how energy moves throughout a system.
Task
You are required to complete a practical report that explores the transformation of energy within a system. You will be required to create a working electric jug that allows them to explore the energy transfer and changes within the system. After a working jug is created you will create a practical report that allows them to illustrate their understanding of energy transfer and transformation and discuss the adjustments that could be made to the experiment.
To complete this task, you must:
• Successfully create an electric jug
• Individually write up a practical report using the template.
Checkpoints Term #
☐ End of Week 2 – Receive Practical Report Sheet/ Uploaded to My Calvary
☐ Start of Week 3 – Compete aim, hypothesis, variables and risk assessment
☐ End of Week 3 – Complete “Making an Electric Jug” experiment
☐ Week 4 – Hand in completed copy of Document
Curriculum Descriptors (From Australian Curriculum)
- Energy appears in different forms, including movement (kinetic energy), heat and potential energy, and energy transformations and transfers cause change within systems
- Identify questions and problems that can be investigated scientifically and make predictions based on scientific knowledge
- Measure and control variables, select equipment appropriate to the task and collect data with accuracy
- Construct and use a range of representations, including graphs, keys and models to represent and analyse patterns or relationships in data using digital technologies as appropriate
- Summarise data, from students’ own investigations and secondary sources, and use scientific understanding to identify relationships and draw conclusions based on evidence
- Reflect on scientific investigations including evaluating the quality of the data collected, and identifying improvements
- Communicate ideas, findings and evidence-based solutions to problems using scientific language, and representations, using digital technologies as appropriate
