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Energy Signals at the Honeycomb Learning Yard

Use bee-farm design tests and temperature data to trace energy moving by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 4
Subject: Science
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students identify observations that show energy moving by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Students use test results to trace energy paths and compare designs.
Students support claims about energy movement with evidence from investigations.

How to use

Read the bee-farm test notes together, then discuss what each observation shows before students answer independently.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

4-PS3-2

Observe that energy moves from place to place by sound, light, heat and electric currents.

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Energy Signals at the Honeycomb Learning Yard

Use test results to trace energy as it moves in different ways.

Read the farm test notes

Read the test notes and study the temperature graph. Use evidence from the page to answer the questions.

A Signal for the Honey House

Amina and Mateo help at a bee farm's Honeycomb Learning Yard. Workers need a signal that can reach a person near the honey house. The students test a battery buzzer and a small lamp. They also test how two materials carry warmth. They record observations rather than guessing what happens inside the materials.

For the buzzer test, Amina connects a battery, wires, and a buzzer. Mateo stands 3 meters away. When the switch is closed, the buzzer sounds and Mateo hears it. When Amina disconnects one wire, the buzzer stops. The battery and buzzer are still close together, but the open wire changes the result.

For the lamp test, a battery is connected to a lamp with wires. The lamp shines on a white card 1 meter away. A piece of cardboard placed between the lamp and the card makes the bright spot disappear. A clear sheet placed in the same position lets the bright spot remain. The battery, wires, lamp, and card stay in their original places.

For the warmth test, each strip is the same length and thickness. One end of each strip touches a sealed pouch of warm water. The far ends begin at 20°C. The pouch and strips stay in place for 5 minutes. The graph shows the far-end temperatures after 5 minutes. The room is 20°C. The students use a cork strip as a comparison with a metal strip.

The team now needs to judge a signal design. A good design should give evidence that energy can move from a source to a place farther away. The students plan to use their observations, not the name of a material or device, when making their recommendation.