Appendix A: Prescribed Learning Outcomes:
Energy and Power
Energy and power addresses the application of devices and processes that convert, transmit, and conserve forms of energy.
It is expected that students will:
Grades K to 1
- identify products that use various forms of energy
- demonstrate an understanding of the ways objects move
- make products that use a mechanical power source
Grades 2 to 3
- identify a variety of energy sources
- identify how energy can be transferred and converted to make devices function
- design and make a device that is powered by an energy source
Grade 4
- identify simple machines
- identify various forms of energy and how energy can be stored
- identify devices that are used to convert, store, and transmit energy
- design and construct devices that use simple machines
Grade 5
- describe ways to conserve energy
- identify alternative ways to make an existing product or system function
- identify various forms of energy and power
- design and construct devices that use simple machines
Grade 6
- identify systems that convert and transmit energy
- design a device that converts and transmits energy
- design and construct a product or system that uses simple machines
Grade 7
- design a system that converts energy into power
- identify various forms of energy and their applications
- design and construct devices that use different forms of energy to operate
Grade 8
- incorporate selected devices in the design of energy transmission and conversion systems
- explain how systems transmit and convert energy
- identify how simple machines are combined into energy and power systems
- construct devices that are powered in various ways
Grade 9
- explain how systems convert potential energy to kinetic energy, and assess their environmental and social implications
- construct devices that convert and transmit various forms of energy
- disassemble devices and explain the transfer and conversion of energy within mechanical systems
- describe alternative sources of energy
- incorporate selected devices in the design of energy transmission and conversion systems
Grade 10
- design systems that multiply, reduce, and transmit power, and assess their social and environmental implications
- analyse the function of systems used in machines and equipment
- construct devices to convert, store, and distribute energy in usable forms
- explain the transfer and conversion of energy within a mechanical system
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