
Potential and Kinetic Energy
4th grade energy worksheet with roller coaster potential energy, a four-form energy match-up, and a toaster energy transfer question. NGSS 4-PS3-1.
NGSS 4-PS3: using evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.

4th grade energy worksheet with roller coaster potential energy, a four-form energy match-up, and a toaster energy transfer question. NGSS 4-PS3-1.

4th grade speed and energy cloze passage: 12 blanks, a 15-word bank with three extras, and baseball, bowling ball, and marble ramp examples. NGSS 4-PS3-1.

4th grade energy word search with 10 words, from CIRCUIT to TRANSFER, placed across and down, plus a row-and-column answer key.

Sort 16 energy transfer cards, from thunder to a laptop charger, into sound, light, heat, and electric current. 4th grade, NGSS 4-PS3-2, with answers.

Guided notes for a 4th grade energy converter design lesson: solar oven, hand-crank flashlight, rubber-band car, then plan, test, and refine. NGSS 4-PS3-4.

4th grade collisions check: predict bowling ball and bumper car outcomes, read marble speed data in ft/s, and write a testable question. NGSS 4-PS3-3.
4-PS3-1
“Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.”
4-PS3-2
“Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.”
4-PS3-3
“Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.”
4-PS3-4
“Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.*”
4-ESS3-1
“Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and that their uses affect the environment.”
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NGSS 4-PS4: developing a model of waves to describe patterns in terms of amplitude and wavelength.

NGSS 4-ESS1: identifying evidence from rock formations and fossils in rock layers to explain changes in a landscape over time.

NGSS 4-LS1: constructing an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.