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Energy Transformations Investigation, Year 8
A guided investigation following energy through everyday devices, identifying each transfer and transformation and the efficiency of the system. The full interactive is available to licensed Education Universe users.
Year 8Guided investigationEnergy Transformations
Learning outcomes
- Identify energy transfers and transformations.
- Calculate efficiency.
- Explain why no device is 100% efficient.
Teaching guidance
Ask students to draw an energy chain for each device before checking it.
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