Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium Where Does the Energy of a Spark Come From?
Students define potential energy and explore the relationship between potential energy and field. How does potential energy change when things are pushed or pulled? Where does the energy that was used to charge the Van de Graaff...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: What Is Happening When a Spark Occurs?
Activity 4 in the module investigates If energy cannot go away, why don't things move forever? Conservation of energy is examined. A reading activity, Energy Conservation, is included in this activity.
Science Struck
Science Struck: 22 Examples of Mechanical Energy
Explains what mechanical energy is and provides 22 examples of it.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium What Is Happening When a Spark Occurs?
Activity 1 of this module investigates: How does potential energy change when things are pushed or pulled? Exploring how force is related to potential energy, this activity investigates how potential energy is changed when a spring is...
Climate Literacy
Clean: Earth's Albedo
This engaging activity introduces young scholars to the concept of albedo and how it relates to Earth's energy balance. They measure the albedo using maps, data tables, and a shaker filled with popcorn kernels. Then, they estimate the...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium What Is Happening When a Spark Occurs? Activity 2: What Happens to Energy When Objects Collide?
An investigation of what happens to energy during changes.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Where Does All the Energy in an Explosion Come From?
Students construct a model of chemical reactions involving energy and electrostatic interactions and compare reactions and changes in energy through the following activities. Activity 1 What energy changes occur during an explosion?...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: How Can a Small Spark Start a Huge Explosion?
In this module Activity 3 investigates When atoms get close to each other, what happens to their potential energy? This activity applies energy concepts to compare the potential energy of atoms that are bonded as molecules with the...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium Where Does the Energy of a Spark Come From?
Activity 2 of the module investigates Where does the energy used to charge the Van de Graaff generator go? The activity investigates how objects can interact without touching, as well as what happens to potential energy when objects...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium What Is Happening When a Spark Occurs?
Activity 3 of this module investigates If moving objects have kinetic energy, do moving atoms have kinetic energy? This activity looks at how energy is related to movement of atoms.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Where Does All the Energy in an Explosion Come From?
In this module Activity 3 investigates What changes in energy occur when atoms rearrange during a chemical reaction? This activity explores the relationship between energy and chemical reactions. A bonus reading includes Energy and...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium Where Does the Energy of a Spark Come From?
Activity 3 investigates Why is lightning so much bigger that a spark from the Van de Graff generator? In Activity 3 of this module, students investigate factors that affect the amount of potential energy that is stored.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: How Can a Small Spark Start a Huge Explosion?
In this Activity 1 investigates What makes materials different from each other? Students will continue to learn about energy and to investigate how energy changes relate to changes in matter. Students will also explore what makes...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Where Does the Energy of a Spark Come From?
Activity 4 of this module investigates Why do I get shocked if I am too close to the Van de Graaff generator? This activity explores what happens to the potential energy of a system when objects are allowed to move freely (not held in...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: What Happens to the Energy of Water Molecules During Hurricanes?
In this investigation students will add energy to the model of how molecules interact by completing the following activities. Activity 1 What does boiling do to water molecules? Activity 2 How hot can water go? Activity 3 How does energy...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Solar Oven
Use the sun's energy to cook an egg? Design, build and test a solar oven. Activity gives a procedure to build oven as well as questions to answer. Questions can be saved and graded by instructor.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Where Does All the Energy in an Explosion Come From?
In this module Activity 1 investigates What energy changes occur during an explosion? Students make observations of exploding balloons and a simulation, and ask questions about what occurs during an explosion, setting the scene for more...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: What Makes Water Special?
In Activity 1 investigates How are water and other liquids similar and different? The student will see if ideas involving energy, electrostatic interactions, and atomic structure, can be used to explain why a hurricane is so powerful.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: What Happens to the Energy of Water Molecules During Hurricanes?
Activity 2 investigates How Hot Can Water Get? In Activity 2 students analyze the relationship between energy changes and phrase changes as they discuss what happens when water boils. Bonus reading includes Why is Temperature Constant...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium What Are the Factors That Affect How Strongly Objects Interact With Each Other?
Activity 2 of this module explains How do factors like distance and amount of charge affect interactions between objects? The activity investigates the effect that the distance between two charged objects has on the strength of the...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Where Does All the Energy in an Explosion Come From?
In this module Activity 2 investigates What happens to atoms during a chemical reaction? In this activity students explore chemical reactions and develop a model to explain observations of chemical reactions.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: What Makes Water Special?
Activity 2 investigates Why is water different from other liquids? This activity will investigate properties of different liquids. Students will explore what makes honey gooey and thicker than water. And why some liquids evaporate faster...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: What Makes Water Special?
Activity 2 investigates Why is water different from other liquids? This activity will discover the properties of different liquids. Students will explore what makes honey gooey and thicker than water. And why some liquids evaporate...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: What Happens to the Energy of Water Molecules During Hurricanes?
Activity 1 investigates What does boiling do to water molecules? In this activity students will collect evidence to analyze what happens to water during boiling.
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