A unique way to teach about energy transfer! You will definitely catch students’ interest level with the candle powered car anchoring phenomena. Students are surprised to see that this toy car can be powered by simply lightening a candle. In groups, they model together the different energy transfers and they explain how they believe the car works.
Before students watch the anchoring phenomena video and begin embarking on creating their models, they answer a few do now questions.
What’s included
Teacher slides in pdf and powerpoint form
* do now questions
* do now answers
* explanation of different energy types
* video link
* candle powered car model assignment description
* teacher notes located in powerpoint
* sample student models
Student slides in pdf form
* do now questions
* do now answers
* explanation of different energy types
* video link
* candle powered car model assignment description
6 sample student models
NGSS Chemistry Alignment
NGSS.HS-PS3-2