Build the key vocabulary of Energy Transformations and Everyday Uses with this printable picture flash card set for Grade 6 science, aligned to Virginia Science SOL. It covers 14 essential terms, from Energy Transformations and and Everyday Uses to Battery. Each term comes as a picture-and-word card and as a picture card with a clear, full-sentence definition, and two labeling worksheets let students show what they know.

What students practice

• Energy Transformations
• and Everyday Uses
• Radiant Energy: Radiant energy travels as electromagnetic waves, including visible light that can move through empty space.
• Thermal Energy: Thermal energy is associated with particle motion in a substance and increases when its particles gain energy.
• Chemical Energy: Chemical energy can be released or stored when atoms are rearranged during chemical reactions.
• Electrical Energy: Electrical energy can be transferred through a circuit when electric charges move through connected conductors.
• Mechanical Energy: Mechanical energy is the combined kinetic and potential energy associated with an object’s motion and
• Kinetic Energy: position. Kinetic energy is the energy an object has because it is moving.
• Gravitational Potential Energy: Gravitational potential energy is stored because of an object’s height within a gravitational field.
• Elastic Potential Energy: Elastic potential energy is stored when an elastic object is stretched or compressed.
• Energy Transformation: An energy transformation changes energy from one form into another, such as electrical energy becoming
• Generator: A generator converts mechanical energy into electrical energy, often using spinning magnets and coils of wire.
• Solar Panel: A solar panel contains connected solar cells that convert incoming light energy into electrical energy.
• Battery: A battery stores chemical energy and supplies electrical energy to a connected circuit through chemical reactions.

What’s included (10 pages)

• 14 color picture-and-word cards
• 14 picture–term–definition cards (4 pages)
• 14 black-and-white picture-and-word cards for low-ink printing or coloring
• 2 picture-labeling worksheets: students write the matching term for each picture (with Name and Class lines)

How to use it in class

1. Print the color cards (or the black-and-white set to save ink), cut them apart and laminate them to reuse.
2. Introduce the words with the picture-and-word cards, then use the definition cards to talk about what each term means.
3. Play quick games: show a picture and ask for the term, read a definition and ask which card it matches, or sort the cards into groups.
4. Use the labeling worksheets as an exit ticket, homework or review, and check them with the answer key.
5. Put the cards in a word wall or science center for independent practice.

At a glance

• Grade: 6
• Subject: Science (Energy Transformations and Everyday Uses)
• Standard: Virginia Science SOL
• Pages: 10
• Format: Printable PDF; instant digital download after purchase