8/25 Day 8: Potential and Kinetic Energy Lab

Teacher(s): Gainous/Gleaves

Date: 8/25      Day 8: Potential and Kinetic Energy Lab

Standards: 

S8P2. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the law of conservation of energy to develop arguments that energy can transform from one form to another within a

system.

Learning Target: 

I can explain the relationship between potential and kinetic energy s that I can describe what happens to the amount of energy when you ride a roller coaster.

Success Criteria:

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  Define potential and kinetic energy using one word each

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  Define what a Joule is

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  Describe how to increase amounts of potential and kinetic energy

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  Draw a model that shows amounts of potential and kinetic energy changing

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  Define the Law of Conservation of Energy

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  Describe what happens to the amounts of potential and kinetic energy when riding down a hill, and what happens to the total amount

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  Add and subtract to determine the amount of energy in a system

Activity(ies)/Assignment with Text and/or Links:

• Energy Lab

• Using different size athletic balls, students will observe force, mass, speed, and energy in relation to different objects.