Energy Resources and Energy Transfers - Complete Unit Worksheets
Empower your KS3 and KS4 students to master the fundamentals of energy with this comprehensive 9-page complete unit covering energy stores, energy transfers, conservation of energy, efficiency, Sankey diagrams, and heat transfer methods. Whether you’re following the British curriculum, GCSE, or IGCSE standards, this complete resource provides everything you need to teach this essential physics topic.
Educational Objectives:
Understand Energy Stores: Students will develop a clear understanding of the eight types of energy stores (kinetic, gravitational potential, elastic potential, chemical, thermal, nuclear, magnetic, and electrostatic), learning to identify and apply these concepts to real-world systems.
Master Energy Transfers: Through structured activities, students will confidently identify and describe the four energy transfer pathways (mechanical work, electrical work, heating, and radiation), understanding how energy moves between stores in various scenarios.
Apply Conservation of Energy: Students will explore the principle that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred between stores, developing problem-solving skills through practical scenarios and efficiency calculations.
Analyse Energy Flow with Sankey Diagrams: Students will learn to interpret and construct Sankey diagrams, visually representing energy transfers and identifying useful versus wasted energy in systems.
Explore Heat Transfer Methods: Students will investigate the three methods of heat transfer (conduction, convection, and radiation), understanding the mechanisms behind each and applying this knowledge to practical situations and exam-style questions.


