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Energy Routes in a Rooftop Pollinator Garden

Compare rooftop garden tests and use observations to trace energy moving by sound, light, heat, and electric current.

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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 evidence that energy moves by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
Students use investigation results to trace energy between a source and a receiver.
Students compare test designs and support an energy claim with evidence.

How to use

Read the rooftop garden investigation together and discuss what changed at each receiver. Then have students use the records to answer independently and cite observations in the final response.

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 Routes in a Rooftop Pollinator Garden

Use test results to trace energy moving in four ways.

Read the rooftop garden tests

Read the investigation and class record. Use the evidence to answer the questions.

Four Energy Tests Above the City

A city class studies energy at a rooftop pollinator garden. The garden has planter boxes, a small worktable, and a wind screen. The class wants to learn how energy can move from one place to another. An adult checks the equipment and keeps the walkway clear.

For the sound test, Jada rings a small bell at one end of the worktable. Noor stands 3 meters away and records whether she hears it. For the light test, a battery-powered lamp shines toward a white card. The lamp and card are 1 meter apart. A piece of cardboard can be placed between them.

For the heat test, the adult places one end of a metal strip and one end of a cork strip against identical warm packs. The far ends begin at 24°C. The warm ends are 32°C. After five minutes, the class measures both far ends. The strips, warm packs, starting temperatures, and test time are kept the same.

For the electric-current test, a battery, wires, and a small lamp form a complete circuit. When the switch is closed, the lamp lights. When Jada disconnects one wire, the lamp goes dark even though the battery remains beside the lamp. The class records these observations in a table.

Class recordSound: Noor heard the bell when Jada rang it 3 m away.Light: The white card was bright with the lamp on; it became dark when cardboard blocked the space between the lamp and card.Heat: Metal-strip far end: 24°C at the start, 29°C after 5 minutes. Cork-strip far end: 24°C at the start, 25°C after 5 minutes.Electric current: Lamp on when the circuit was complete; lamp off when one wire was disconnected.

Which observation is strongest evidence that sound energy moved from the bell to another place?