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Activity
Anchorage School District

Roller Coaster Project

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Emerging engineers work in teams to design pipe insulation roller coasters for marbles that meet specific parameters. They are required to label along the track the areas where kinetic and potential energy are highest and lowest, where...
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Teach Engineering

Energy on a Roller Coaster

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Roll with your class into the idea of conservation of energy. Pupils use a roller coaster track to collect data to reinforce the concept of conservation of energy and the influence of friction. Class members then create a graph from...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ski Jump

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
What are the three types of energy a ski jumper uses? If you said potential, kinetic, and heat, then you are correct. Scholars adjust the jumper's mass, jumper's form, and height of the start line in the simulation to display graphs of...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Energy and ATP

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Take charge of your biology class by using this exciting analogy to relate the ATP process with batteries. Pupils use batteries and rubber bands to simulate the phosphate bonds between molecules in the body. They measure the distance in...
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Interactive
Physics Classroom

Work

For Students 9th - 12th
Current work lesson plan just not ... working? Add an engaging interactive that helps pupils explore positive and negative work relationships! Individuals assess situations to determine what type of work, if any, the resource describes....
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Activity
Museum of Science

Egg Bungee

For Teachers K - 6th
Think bungee jumping looks scary? Knowing the science behind bungee jumping might make it less so. Using an egg and rubber bands, young engineers model bungee jumping. They test the distances that the egg falls for different numbers of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Gas Pressure, Volume, and Temperature

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Physical science learners conduct a simple experiment using the heat of their hands to affect the fluid pressure. They place a balloon atop a freezing cold bottle and observe what occurs as it warms up. Both activities demonstrate how...
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Organizer
CPO Science

Physics Skill and Practice Worksheets

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Stop wasting energy searching for physics resources, this comprehensive collection of worksheets has you covered. Starting with introductions to the scientific method, dimensional analysis, and graphing data, these skills practice...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science: Einstein's Big Idea

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore the various aspects of Einstein's energy equation and discover how energy is transferred from one form to another. In teams, they rotate through seven stations to experience such aspects of energy change through...
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Organizer
Curated OER

What Are Kinetic and Potential Energy?

For Students 8th - 12th
In this energy worksheet, students will brainstorm examples of potential energy and kinetic energy and list them in their appropriate categories.
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Organizer
Curated OER

How is Energy Stored And Released?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this energy worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by writing in examples of potential energy and kinetic energy.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Energy: The Universal Currency

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Science stars examine the concept of energy by thinking about everyday situations. The lesson plan is incohesive. It lists goals for the student, but doesn't address all of them in the content. The best use of this resource would simply...
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PPT
Curated OER

The Nature of Energy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Many important facts about energy are described in this chemistry PowerPoint. There are definitions for different types of energy, and information about certain important calculations and units. The show finishes with a link to a video...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

K.E. & P.E.

For Students 6th - 12th
In this kinetic and potential energy worksheet, students complete math word problems about kinetic and potential energy. Students complete 10 questions total.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Kinetic Energy: Car Design

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a discussion about kinetic and potential energy. They work in groups to design and construct a car using plastic plates, pencils, rubber bands, card stock and balloons. Students write observations about...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Roller Coaster

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Roller coasters rely on both kinetic and potential energy, but how much total energy does a roller coaster need? Scholars vary the mass of a coaster and the height of the initial hill. Graphs showing the types of energy and total energy...
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Lesson Plan
LABScI

Projectiles: Target Practice

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Angry Birds prepared them, but now pupils must prove their skills with projectiles! Scholars test different variables to determine which ones impact the distance the projectile flies. The experiment provides connections to kinetic and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

TE Lesson: Kinetic and Potential Energy of Motion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars investigate the difference between potential and kinetic energy. They examine the formulae associated with both types of energy. They complete how quickly a pendulum with swing by converting potential energy into kinetic...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Is It Kinetic or Potential ?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore real life activities that demonstrate kinetic and potential energy. They, in groups, classify the activity card statements as kinetic or potential. They should also include where the potential and kinetic energy...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Kinds of Energy

For Students 6th - 8th
In this kinds of energy activity, learners read about potential energy, kinetic energy, and momentum. They answer four multiple choice questions about what they read.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Energy Problem Set

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students calculate the potential energy of a glider, the kinetic energy of a moving glider and the change in velocity when potential energy changes to kinetic energy.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Breaking Energy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners understand that the energy required to break a piece of wood can be computed by determining the force and distance (work) that snaps it. Kinetic energy is the system can be computed if its mass and velocity are known.
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Activity
MENSA Education & Research Foundation

Roller Coaster Mania!

For Teachers 3rd - 10th Standards
Raise the energy level of your physical science class with this exciting hands-on activity. Applying their knowledge of kinetic and potential energy and Newton's laws of motion, young engineers use foam tubing and marbles to create...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

WS 5.6 Graham's Law

For Students 10th - 12th
In this gases learning exercise, students use the concepts of Graham's Law of diffusion to determine the velocity of gases and molecules. They describe kinetic energy and how it relates to the mass and velocity of objects.