Energy in the Human Body

A Middle School Life Science Curriculum

 
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Activity

Where's the Plug?

Your teacher will have one or more students come up to the front of the class to turn on and off, then unplug, a number of familiar pieces of electronic equipment such as those shown below.

Materials
  • electric fan
  • radio
  • table lamp
  • electric pencil sharpener
  • CD or tape player
  • television
  • digital clock

With your group discuss the following questions.

  1. Where is the plug to make these items work?
  2. What do you know about alternative sources of energy?
  3. Try to come up with as many sources of energy as you can.

Observe what the teacher does.

When your teacher reached to "turn off" and unplug the moving student, in the same way that the students did with the electronic equipment, what happened?

Where's the Plug? 
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