ExploreLearning Gizmos: Math & Science Virtual Labs and Simulations

7.1.1: How can we capture and transform energy from the world around us to help meet our needs?

Energy Conversions
Household Energy Usage

7.1.2: What scientific knowledge and evidence do we need to explain where and how electricity can be generated?

7.1.3: How can electrical energy be generated? What are the necessary parts of an electrical generation system?

Circuit Builder
Circuits
Electromagnetic Induction

7.1.4: What causes the potential energy within a system to change? How does the location of an electric generator affect its ability to capture energy from its surroundings?

Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Potential Energy on Shelves
Roller Coaster Physics
Trebuchet

7.1.5: How are mass and speed related to kinetic energy?

Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
Sled Wars
Trebuchet

7.1.6: How does energy change as it is transferred between objects in a system?

Air Track
Energy Conversion in a System
Roller Coaster Physics
Sled Wars
Trebuchet

7.1.7: What happens to energy when it appears to disappear in a system?

Air Track
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy Conversions
Energy of a Pendulum
Potential Energy on Shelves
Roller Coaster Physics
Sled Wars

7.1.8: What factors affect the strength of (static) electric and magnetic forces?

Charge Launcher
Electromagnetic Induction

7.1.9: How can electromagnetism transform mechanical energy (energy of object motion) into electrical energy? What factors affect the strength of electromagnetic forces?

Electromagnetic Induction

7.1.10: How can we capture and transform energy from the world around us to help meet our needs?

Energy Conversions
Household Energy Usage

7.2.A: Cycling of Energy and Matter by Volcanoes

7.2.A.4: Where are volcanoes on Earth's surface? How can regions of change and stability help us identify volcanoes on Earth's surface?

Plate Tectonics

7.2.A.5: Why are there patterns of volcanoes on Earth?s surface?

Plate Tectonics

7.3: Cooling Hot Dog: Moving Thermal Energy

7.3.2: What is temperature?

Feel the Heat
Phase Changes
Temperature and Particle Motion

7.3.3: How do temperatures change?

Feel the Heat
Phase Changes
Temperature and Particle Motion

7.3.4: What affects the temperature of a system?

Calorimetry Lab
Energy Conversion in a System
Heat Transfer by Conduction

7.3.5: How can we test our solutions? How can this testing help improve the solution?

Feel the Heat

7.4: The Stuff We Use and Where it Comes From: Life Cycle of Building Materials

7.4.4: What happens to Earth?s resources as the human population grows or as each individual consumes more of a particular resource? How long (relative to human life spans) does it take for various natural resources to form and/or be replenished? How can we use science and technology to minimize the impact on our limited supply of natural resources?

Carbon Cycle

7.4.6: How do properties chemically and/or physically change when a material goes from natural to synthetic? How do humans change the composition of substances to create new substances with useful properties?

Chemical Changes

7.4.7: How is temperature related to the motion of particles that make up a sample of matter (solid, liquid or gas)? What are some important properties of materials, such as structure, that serve the function of limiting the amount of thermal energy transferred between objects or regions?

Feel the Heat
Heat Transfer by Conduction
Temperature and Particle Motion

7.4.8: How do the stages of a product?s life cycle impact Earth systems? How can science and technology reduce a product?s life cycle impact on Earth systems?

Carbon Cycle