Table Of Contents Project 1. Shrinking Cubes Changing the sun's light into heat energy 2. Frost's Sunscreen Warding off the sun's heating rays 3. Getting Steamed Water vapor put to work 4. Hot Stuff Heat energy from decomposition 5. Bottled Gas Stored chemical energy (C02) in soda 6. Rolling Stock Potential energy, mass and gravity 7. Stormy Weather Detecting the energy release of storms 8. Brick Trick Transfer of heat energy in a solid 9. Sails Aloft Using wind energy to power a boat 10. Salt or Not? Comparing solar energy storage in salt and fresh water 11. Things Are Heating Up Graphing solar energy collection in materials 12. Want, Help, Need Categorizing home electrical appliances 13. Yesterday's Energy Conserving fossil fuels 14. One If by Land Comparing land and water solar-heat storage 15. Testing the Waters An investigation of solar heat distribution 16. Our Town Transforming and transporting energy 17. Power Ranger Measuring home electrical energy usage 18. Food Energy The fuel of living things 19. When to Say When Measuring the energy (calorie/value of foods 20. Sweet Search An examination of sugar, the high-energy food 21. The Right Stuff Seeds store enough food energy for germination 22. In the Pink Home insulation keeps heat in and cold out 23. Keeping Warm Insulating our bodies in cold weather 24. Shock Treatment Capacitors and the storage of electrical energy 25. Marble Roll Converting kinetic energy into potential energy 26. Frolicking in the Wave How some energies move 27. Little Sir Echo Making use of sound waves to measure distance 28. Energy Unleashed The hazards of fast-moving water 29. Sun, You're Too Much! Taming solar energy the natural way 30. The Green Screen Trees as natural wind-energy protection 31. Choose Not to Lose Identifying causes of home heat-energy loss 32. Now You Hear It... Tracking radio frequency direction 33. Once, Twice, Again Reusing products to save energy 34. Unplugged! Taking home electrical use for granted 35. Treasure Hunt Your neighborhood with/without electrical power 36. Looking Up Most of Earth's energy comes from our sun 37. Nuclear Domino's Demonstrating a chain reaction 38. Energy Stopper Friction and the reduction of energy 39. Cell Magic Changing light energy to electrical energy 40. Heat Lost? Using energy to remove (transfer) heat 41. Bright Heat Unwanted heat energy from incandescent light 42. Unequal Energy Finding the distribution of hear energy in a room 43. Band at Tension Measuring potential energy in a stretched elastic band 44. Less Than Bright Brownouts in electric power service 45. Energy Detective Helping your school save energy 46. Windy Comers Comparing available wind energy 47. Energy Attendant Changing energy-wasteful habits in your home 48. Check Your Game The energy cost of electronic fun 49. Heat Wave Discovering how microwaves generate heat 50. No Tan Wanted Cold-blooded animals and heat energy 51. Static Interference Detecting sources of stray radio frequency energy 52. Great Barrier Ice .Magnetism vs. water and ice 53. Onward and Upward Transferring energy uphill 54. Invisible Beams Locating light in the darkness 55. Penny Shoot newton's law and the transfer of energy Words to Know A science glossary Index