Difference between revisions of "Toer energy activity 1"
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==Materials== | ==Materials== | ||
==Steps== | ==Steps== | ||
| + | #Ask students to hold a brick | ||
| + | ##What happens to their hand? | ||
| + | ##What happens if it is dropped? | ||
| + | ##What are the forces acting on it? | ||
| + | #Investigate similarly with a spring | ||
| + | #Investiate similarly with a rubber band - catapult | ||
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=Dicussion questions= | =Dicussion questions= | ||
=Notes(optional) | =Notes(optional) | ||
=Academic standards met= | =Academic standards met= | ||
Revision as of 10:02, 18 March 2015
Activity Name
Observing that energy is ability to do work
Objectives
- Show the connection between energy and work done
- When force is applied, work is done and this changes energy state of the body
Method
Time
Materials
Steps
- Ask students to hold a brick
- What happens to their hand?
- What happens if it is dropped?
- What are the forces acting on it?
- Investigate similarly with a spring
- Investiate similarly with a rubber band - catapult
Dicussion questions
=Notes(optional)