Recycling and Energy | VirtualSC Energy

This lesson explores the connections between energy and recycling. Topics covered in this lesson include types of energy, thermal units, energy costs, and benefits of recycling.

Standards

• Physical Science: Energy Transfer and Conservation
  • 6.P.3 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the properties of energy, the transfer and conservation of energy, and the relationship between energy and forces.
    • 6.P.3A Energy manifests itself in multiple forms, such as mechanical (kinetic energy and potential energy), electrical, chemical, radiant (solar), and thermal energy. According to the principle of conservation of energy, energy cannot be created nor de...
      • 6.P.3A.1 Analyze and interpret data to describe the properties and compare sources of different forms of energy (including mechanical, electrical, chemical, radiant, and thermal).
• P-PS3-1. Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the following are known: 1) the change in energy of the other component(s) and 2) the energy flowing in and out of the system.
  • P-PS3-1.PS3.A Definitions of Energy