4-PS3-4 | Energy Conversion Device · NYS standard
Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Clarification statement: Examples of devices could include electric circuits that convert electrical energy into energy of motion of a vehicle, light, or sound; batteries that convert chemical energy to electrical energy; and, a passive solar heater that converts light into heat. Examples of constraints could include the materials, cost, or time to design the device.
Assessment boundary: Devices should be limited to those that convert motion energy to electric energy or use stored energy to cause motion or produce light or sound.
Grade 5 Science Test Questions
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Vocabulary
Terms from the Elementary Science Glossary that come from this standard or from the released Grade 5 Science Test questions that assess it.
- battery
- chemical energy
- constraint
- converts energy
- cost
- design
- design problem
- device
- electric circuit
- electric energy
- electrical energy
- energy conversion
- energy of motion
- explanation
- form of energy
- heat
- light
- material
- motion energy
- passive solar heater
- refine
- scientific idea
- sound
- stored energy
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