Creation reveals God! Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them (Genesis 2:1). At the end of six days of creation, the world was finished.

To this day, the amount of energy expended to keep the planets rotating properly has been the same. What God set in motion, He did not leave to spin itself out.

God still watches carefully over our universe, and continues to provide the correct amount of energy—not more, not less—each second. If God did not do this for our good, the sun would burn itself up, the earth would spin out of its gravitational force, and we would die.

The study of various forces which God has created in nature helps us to realize just how incredible the creation of our universe is. It is quite an accomplishment.  If we could sit in the farthest corner of it, and watch all that God does each minute to ensure our good, we would no longer be caught up in the trivial worries of each day, nor would we ind a reason to listen to the advice of the world concerning evolution.

At the heart of the enormous variation in creation that we see around us is aset of physical laws set in place by God. Having realized such common law, secular science makes an erroneous attempt to explain these variations by evolution.

On the contrary, these variations around a similar blueprint which gives abundant life on Earth and sets the heavens in motion simply reflect the limitless genius of our Creator. Any student trained in the physics and chemistry can easily point out the obvious flaws in evolutionary science, flaws which are clearly known and clearly hidden in the typical class-room education. (Bryan J. Ennis, Ph.D.)

Discover how central God’s creation of energy is to how we live today. Energy is all around us. We derive energy from food, we use energy to heat our homes, and we find energy in the power of moving water. Energy provides the opportunity to accomplish something, such as driving a car, moving a box, or running hot water from a showerhead.

In most energy-related resources, the important aspect of God’s creation of energy is left out. Not only did God create living beings, He also created for us the ability to further our civilization industry, travel, food production, and livingstandards.

In this unit, we will discover how central God’s creation of energy is to how we live today. Energy is one of the most basic ideas of science. All the observed occurrences in the universe can be explained in terms of energy and matter. Energy occurs in many different forms, and it is not always easy to tell how these forms are related to one another and what they have in common. One of the best-known definitions of energy is the classical definition used in physics: Energy is the ability to do work. Physicists define work in a way that does not always agree with the average person’s idea of work.

This physical science unit is a thematic and inquiry based study, certain process skills are woven throughout. These include making hypothesis, observing, drawing, creating and testing models, experimenting, recording and graphing data, making inferences, and forming conclusions. Bible, social studies, language arts, and fine arts are integrated they apply.

What You Get!

This organized yet flexible Bible focused unit study includes:

• Overview
• Objectives
• Timeline
• Vocabulary
• Annotated Resource Lists (books, Internet sites, videos, software, etc)
• 14 Four-Step Lessons

Fourteen Lessons

1. Above All Power
2. Types of Energy
3. Energy Sources
4. Potential Energy
5. Kinetic Energy
6. Heat Energy (Thermal)
7. Heat Transfer (Thermodynamics)
8. Energy Conservation
9. Steam and Geothermal Energy
10. Energy for Transportation
11. Nuclear Energy
12. Solar Energy
13. Energy from Wind and Water
14. Energy from Food
15. Energy from Fossil Fuels

Four Step Lessons

There are four basic steps in each Heart of Wisdom Unit Study lesson based on the four major learning styles. Studies show this four-step method motivates students to comprehend the material better and retain the information longer.

• Step 1 Excite: Create an interest
• Step 2 Examine: Find out the Facts
• Step 3 Expand: Do something with what was learned
• Step 4 Excel: Pull everything together and share with someone.

Internet-Linked Lessons!

Each Heart of Wisdom Ebook contains active links which will take you:

• Bible Study Tools
• Video Clips
• Free Online Books
• Craft Instructions
• Biographies
• Worksheets
• Experiments
• Relevant Articles
• Writing Instruction
• Illustrations
• Maps
• Quizzes
• and more!

Ebook Benefits!

• You can access your EBook immediately. Once you buy an eBook, you can read it instantly; you don’t have to wait for delivery.
• You can find what you need fast. You can use “search” and “find” functions to pinpoint the material you need more easily than in a print book.
• You can find what you need fast. You can use “search” and “find” functions to pinpoint the material you need more easily than in a print book.
• HOW Ebooks are extensively hyperlinked. You open the EBook in your browser and click your way to the section or chapter you need.
• HOW Ebooks are hyperlinked to the Internet. You open the EBook in your browser and click the underlined text for instant additional information: worksheets, free online books, audio, video, articles, illustrations, experiments, and more!

You can print out Ebooks! Print only the pages that you need for the lessons that day or print the whole book and place in a note book.

1. Magnetic Forces - Watch an animated lesson about Earth’s magnetic field.
2. Create a Compass – Find out how to make a compass.
3. Magnet Movie -Watch a movie of a magnet pushing (repelling) another magnet.
4. Pushing and Pulling -An online guide to magnetic forces, with test-yourself activities.
5. Magnetic Fields - Click on “Magnetic Poles” and wait for the movie to download.
6. Magnetism and Electricity - Experiment with magnets online and find out about the properties of magnets.
7. Magnetism and Electricity - Investigate the use of magnets in an everyday kitchen.
8. Electricity and Magnetism- Interactive activities about electricity and magnetism.
9. Physics – Animated lessons on magnets and magnetic fields. (Scroll down to “9. Magnetic Fields”, “10. Understanding Magnets” and “11. Magnetism and Electric Current”.)
10. Science Snacks- Magnetism experiments.
11. Simple magnet experiments in an online lab
12. Magnets - Click on “Kitchen”.
13. Magnet Movie -Watch a movie about a popular drawing toy that uses a magnet pen to pull metal filings through a layer of plastic.
14. Compass Game

More Electricity Links

Overview

1. Tech Topics: Electricity - A guide to electricity.

Scientist and Inventors

1. Electricity Timeline - Explore a timeline of the history of electricity.
2. Thomas Edison- Find out more about Thomas Edison, and judge his inventions.
3. Ben’s Guide - Read  about Benjamin Franklin.
4. The Battery - Alessandro Volta and the invention of the battery.
5. Inventors- Try an inventors matching game. (Click on “Inventors and Inventions”.)
6. Super Scientists - Key energy pioneers and their important inventions.

How Electricity Works

1. Energy Power Up! – Find out more about batteries and mains electricity, with activities and quizzes.
2. Who Can Resist – Online experiment to test different substances to see if they conduct electricity.
3. Electronics- A good introduction to electronics. (Scroll down and click on topics under “Components/Symbols” and “Component and Circuit Details”.)
4. Making Circuits - Analyze why some light bulb, battery, and wire combinations will work and why others will not.
5. The Path of Electrons – Students engage in an interactive “hot potato” demonstration to gain an appreciation for the flow of electrons through a circuit. They role play the different parts of a simple circuit and send small items representing electrons (paper or candy pieces) through the circuit. Students describe the functions of a switch and light bulb as resistors in a circuit and list several products that have been engineered to use electrical energy.
6. BBC Bitesize Science – Find out about circuit symbols (scroll down the webpage) then build electrical circuits at the following website.
7. Circut World – Build and test electrical circuits.
8. BBC Bitesize Science - Find out more about resistance, Ohm’s Law and resistors, with animations and test-yourself mini-quizzes.
9. Molecular Expressions- Interactive activities about resistance.
10. Electrical Conductors – Fun online activities about electrical conductors and insulators.
11. Science and Safety of Electricity – Click on “Fire in the Sky” for lightning facts.
12. You’ve got the Power – Electricity in the smart home.
13. Electric Blues - Students brainstorm a comprehensive list of electrical devices typically found in their homes. They then create public service announcements advocating energy conservation to present in class and to the school.
14. American Experiment – Animated diagram of a battery.
15. Franklin’s Lightning Laboratory – Try some fun electricity experiments.
16. Take Charge - Students induce an electrical charge on various objects, and experiment with electrical repulsion and attraction. They define related vocabulary, play Bingo and complete a take-home quiz.
17. National Geographic Kids - Watch a video clip about lightning.

More Videos

There are hundreds of  videos on electricity online. HOw Stuff Works, The Discovery Chanel, The Learning Chanel and Science Chanel have combined all their videos in one search engine. So when you go to any of the liink below you will have the same list of videos:

• Howstuffworks.com: Electricity Videos
  
• Discovery Chanel: Electricity Videos
• Science Channel Electricity Videos
• The Leaning Channel Electricity Videos

Here’s just a sampling of what over 500 videos on electricity:

Electricity And Magnetism: Creating Electricity Time: 21:41 When a magnet spins in a coil of wire or a coil of wire spins in a magnetic field, electricity is generated and begins to flow. Power plants use many different methods for spinning the magnet or wire.

Electricity’s Attraction: All About Electricity Time: 54:00 The harnessing of electricity has changed our world profoundly. This video explains the science of the current and touches on some of the uses that humans have devised for electricity.

More Electricity Links

Science>Energy>Above All Power Links

• Sing the Mighty Power of God – Words and music to the children’s song “I Sing the Mighty Power of God” by Isaac Watts.
• The Gospel: Revelation Of God’s Power – A chapter from the booklet Knowing God Through Romans from RBC Ministries (PDF) p 7.
• The Greatest Power Available – Bible study on Eph. 1:19-20; 3:20; 6:10.
• The Power Of God – Excerpt from the book The Attributes of God by ArthurPink
• The Power Of God - from Truth for Today.

Above all powers above all kings
Above all nature and all created things
Above all wisdom and all the ways of man
You were here before the world began
Above all kingdoms above all thrones
Above all wonders the world has ever known
Above all wealth and treasures of the earth
There’s no way to measure what You’re worth
Crucified laid behind the stone
You lived to die rejected and alone
Like a Rose trampled on the ground
You took the fall and thought of me
Above all
Above all powers above all kings
Above all nature and all created things
Above all wisdom and all the ways of man
You were here before the world began
Above all kingdoms above all thrones
Above all wonders the world has ever known
Above all wealth and treasures of the earth
There’s no way to measure what You’re worth
Crucified laid behind the stone
You lived to die rejected and alone
Like a Rose trampled on the ground
You took the fall and thought of me
Above all
Crucified laid behind the stone
You lived to die rejected and alone
Like a Rose trampled on the ground
You took the fall and thought of me
Above all
Like a Rose trampled on the ground
You took the fall and thought of me
Above all

Michael W. Smith Above All lyrics

Science>Energy>Types of Energy Links, Videos and Lesson Plans

• Energy Quest – Energy Quest is the award-winning energy education Web site of the California Energy Commission.
• Types of Energy - Redding Electric Company gives a clear, concise overview of chemical, mechanical, heat, electrical, and nuclear energy.
• Energy Resource Materials for K-12 – At this site you will find student and teacher workbooks on several levels from the National Energy Education Development. TheNEED program includes curriculum materials, professional development, evaluation tools, and recognition. NEED teaches the scientific concepts of energy and provides objective information about energy sources—their use and impact on the environment, the economy, and society.
• What is Energy?: Energy educational material for students of all ages and grades explains energy’s different forms—heat (thermal), light (radiant), mechanical, electrical, chemical, and nuclear energy, and two types of energy—stored (potential) energy and working (kinetic) energy.
• The Physics Zone: Work, Energy and Power - Three separate slide shows on work, power, and energy.
• Introduction to Energy – An introduction to energy explaining the different forms.
• Energy Focus! -An introduction to energy explaining the six forms.
• Energy Experiments – This Web site discusses basic energy concepts andexperiments to reinforce those concepts.

Science>Energy>Potential Energy

• Links on Potential Energy – A series of links and resources on potential energy.A fun site with lots of information for kids, and links to different subjects.
• Potential Energy-Law of Conservation of Energy – Articles on the concept of “energy” and different forms of energy including potential energy
• Is it Kinetic or Potential? – This lesson is an introduction to energy. It allows students to explore real life activities that demonstrate kinetic and potential energy.
• Kinetic and Potential Energy of Motion - In this lesson, students are introduced to both potential energy and kinetic energy as forms of mechanical energy. A hands-on activity demonstrates how potential energy can change into kinetic energy by swinging a pendulum, illustrating the concept of conservation of energy. Grades 7 and up.
  

Science>Energy> Kinetic Energy Links, Videos, and Lesson Plans


• How Roller Coasters Work -HowStuffWorks examines the principles that keep coaster cars flying around their tracks.
• Air Temperature and Kinetic Energy -Students use a NASA website do activities which help them better explain how air temperature and kinetic energy are related to aircraft propulsion. Grades 7-9.
• Where’s the Energy? – Students examine how steamships operate and energy conversions. They construct a model paddlewheel ship. They use rubber bands as they unwind and set the models in motion. Grades 5-7.
• Kinetic Energy-Examples – Interesting examples of kinetic energy with pictures. Also explains how work and power are related to energy.
• Measuring Kinetic Energy -A Web site with experiments on measurement of kinetic energy. Some experiments require several types of equipment.
• How Kinetic Energy Works - An article on kinetic and potential energy. Also includes the different units of energy.