Energize: Lesson Plans for Children and Youth

The universe is energy, we are energy What one thing does everything in the universe have in common? Energy. Everything in the universe is made up of atoms, and all atoms contain energy. Our bodies are made from many different elements (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, iron, calcium, etc.). Energy is what holds these elements and their particles together. But energy does not stand stil it is always moving and changing its form. We see this in our own bodies when we eat and drink taking in food and fluids from the environment for energy keeping us alive.