Heat Moves From Warm to Cool

Point to real examples at home: a warm mug, a ball you kick, a lamp you switch on. Ask where the energy came from and where it went before your child writes. Check each page with the answer key.

Circle which way heat moves, from warm to cool, in everyday examples. Heat is energy that always moves from a warmer object to a cooler one. Temperature tells how hot or cold something is. The directions on the page read: Read each sentence. Then, circle the way heat moves, study the table and answer the questions. The answer key shows every answer.

Yes, both. We made it for 4th Grade energy transfer, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Energy transfer is energy moving from one place or object to another. A bowling ball passes energy to the pins, and a hot mug passes heat to the cooler air around it.

Heat always moves from the warmer object to the cooler one. A spoon in hot soup warms up, and a snowball in a warm mitten melts, because heat flows out of the warmer thing.

Stored energy is energy waiting to be used, like the energy in food, a battery, a stretched rubber band or a sled at the top of a hill. Motion energy is the energy of something moving. When the sled slides down, stored energy becomes motion energy.

Yes. All five energy transfer sheets have an answer key that shows every answer, including sample answers for the questions children explain in their own words.