A sequence for productive thinking with the idea of energy

A rationale and some suggestions

• A sequence for productive thinking with the idea of energy
• Starting in the right frame of mind
• Three levels of description
• A critical test
• A tool to think with
• 4 steps
• Principles
• Preparing the ground for thinking with energy
• Stores and Pathways — representations to learn with
• Not the go of things
• Thinking with constraints
• Possibilities and impossibilities
• Trade-offs
• In classrooms
• Real examples
• On choosing a selection of stores
• A parting shot
• Four supported patterns of reasoning