Electrical Safety-SMART! Module Supports NGSSS Learning Objectives

This module’s content aligns with Florida’s Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS) for Physical Science within the “Big Idea” of Energy Transfer and Transformations for Grades 6 and 7. The module also addresses Forms of Energy as a foundational review from Grade 5.

Sections 1 and 2 of the module support the following NGSSS learning objectives:

Physical Science, Big Idea 10: Forms of Energy
A. Energy is involved in all physical processes and is a unifying concept in many areas of science.
B. Energy exists in many forms and has the ability to do work or cause a change.

  • Benchmark
    SC.5.P.10.4: Investigate and explain that electrical energy can be transformed into heat, light, and sound energy, as well as the energy of motion.

Mathematics (B.E.S.T.): Number Sense and Operations
MA.6.NSO.3: Apply properties of operations to rewrite numbers in equivalent forms.
MA.7.NSO.1: Rewrite numbers in equivalent forms.

  • Benchmarks
    MA.6.NSO.3.5 Rewrite positive rational numbers in different but equivalent forms, including fractions, terminating decimals, and percentages.
    MA.7.NSO.1.2 Rewrite rational numbers in different but equivalent forms, including fractions, mixed numbers, repeating decimals, and percentages to solve mathematical and real-world problems.

Physical Science, Big Idea 11: Energy Transfer and Transformations
D. The Law of Conservation of Energy: Energy is conserved as it transfers from one object to another and from one form to another.

  • Benchmarks
    SC.6.P.11.1: Explore the Law of Conservation of Energy by differentiating between potential and kinetic energy. Identify situations where kinetic energy is transformed into potential energy and vice versa.
    SC.7.P.11.2: Investigate and describe the transformation of energy from one form to another.
    SC.7.P.11.3: Cite evidence to explain that energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only changed from one form to another.

Section 3 supports JEA’s commitment to the community via home-based activities that engage middle schoolers and their families in energy and water conservation, solar power safety, and energy-related careers.