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North Carolina Standard Course of Study (adopted in 2023): Earth and Human Activity North Carolina Standard Course of Study (adopted in 2023): Earth and Human Activity
North Carolina Standard Course of Study (adopted in 2023): Earth's Place in the Universe North Carolina Standard Course of Study (adopted in 2023): Earth's Place in the Universe
North Carolina Standard Course of Study (adopted in 2023): Earth's Systems North Carolina Standard Course of Study (adopted in 2023): Earth's Systems
North Carolina Standard Course of Study (adopted in 2023): Ecosystems - Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics North Carolina Standard Course of Study (adopted in 2023): Ecosystems - Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
North Carolina Standard Course of Study (adopted in 2023): Energy North Carolina Standard Course of Study (adopted in 2023): Energy
North Carolina Standard Course of Study (adopted in 2023): From Molecules to Organisms - Structures and Processes North Carolina Standard Course of Study (adopted in 2023): From Molecules to Organisms - Structures and Processes
North Carolina Standard Course of Study (adopted in 2023): Matter and its Interactions North Carolina Standard Course of Study (adopted in 2023): Matter and its Interactions
North Carolina Standard Course of Study (adopted in 2023): Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer North Carolina Standard Course of Study (adopted in 2023): Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer
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Energy

PS.6.2 Understand characteristics of thermal and electrical energy transfer and interactions of matter and energy.
- PS.6.2.1 Use models to compare the directional transfer of heat energy of matter through convection, radiation, and conduction.
  - Predict heat flow and temperature changes (6-J.1)
- PS.6.2.2 Use models to explain how the transfer of heat and resulting change of temperature impacts the behavior of matter to include expansion, and contraction.
  - Compare thermal energy transfers (6-J.3)
- PS.6.2.3 Carry out investigations to compare the transfer of thermal energy in insulated and non-insulated materials (examples could include insulated box, solar cooker, or styrofoam cup).
- PS.6.2.4 Engage in argument from evidence to classify materials as conductors and insulators of energy (both thermal and electrical).
- PS.6.2.5 Carry out investigations to explain the transfer of electrical energy in electrical circuits, to include how a circuit requires a complete loop through which an electrical current can pass.

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Energy

PS.6.2 Understand characteristics of thermal and electrical energy transfer and interactions of matter and energy.

PS.6.2.1 Use models to compare the directional transfer of heat energy of matter through convection, radiation, and conduction.

PS.6.2.2 Use models to explain how the transfer of heat and resulting change of temperature impacts the behavior of matter to include expansion, and contraction.

PS.6.2.3 Carry out investigations to compare the transfer of thermal energy in insulated and non-insulated materials (examples could include insulated box, solar cooker, or styrofoam cup).

PS.6.2.4 Engage in argument from evidence to classify materials as conductors and insulators of energy (both thermal and electrical).

PS.6.2.5 Carry out investigations to explain the transfer of electrical energy in electrical circuits, to include how a circuit requires a complete loop through which an electrical current can pass.