Energy in Action

🔬 Energy in Action

Science Unit for Students with Disabilities

Energy in Action is a highly structured, story-based science unit designed to make abstract energy concepts accessible, concrete, and meaningful for students with moderate to severe disabilities.

This unit uses visuals, hands-on activities, repeated language, and engaging character-based stories to teach how heat (energy) affects temperature, particles, mass, and materials.

📚 What’s Included in the Unit

This unit includes everything needed for instruction, practice, review, and assessment:

🧠 Lessons

• Lesson 1: Pretest

• Lesson 2: Energy Is Everywhere

• Lesson 3: The Race of the Water Cups

• Lesson 4: Big Cup, Small Cup (Mass & Heat)

• Lesson 5: Same Heat, Different Results (Materials)

• Lesson 6: Review

• Lesson 7: Posttest

📖 Story-Based Learning

Each instructional lesson includes a high-interest, low-readability story featuring relatable student characters (Erik, Shane, Kaya, Fiona, Alex) to:

• Build background knowledge

• Introduce vocabulary in context

• Connect abstract concepts to real-world experiences

🧪 Hands-On & Visual Activities

• Sorting activities (heat added vs. heat removed)

• Visual comparisons

• Response card discussions

• Simple experiments using everyday materials

• Observation and data collection pages

🔒 Please Note: This product is for single classroom use only. Additional licenses are required for multiple classrooms.
All instructional materials are aligned to academic standards but are intended to support functional application and concept understanding.
Some instructional language and visual elements in this product were developed with support from AI (OpenAI’s ChatGPT and/or Gemini), then reviewed and edited by SpecialEdSimplified for accuracy and alignment with student needs.