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Themes provide a framework that connects major concepts in life, earth, and physical sciences.
The unit examines how different forms of energy are produced and renewed, how forms of energy affect objects and living things, how people control and use forms of energy, and how people can conserve energy and use it safely. Students explore how heat changes matter, how living things are affected by heat, how temperature can be measured, how sound is produced, how living things perceive sound, and how light enables us to see. The unit also discusses inventions that illustrate creative uses of energy. ENC does NOT distribute this resource. All cost figures reflect school prices.