ClassPeriod: Name:Unit One Lesson One

Standards Explored 6.PS3.2 Construct a scientific explanation of the transformations between potential and kinetic energy. 6.PS3.3 Analyze and interpret data to show the relationship between kinetic energy and the mass of an object in motion and its speed. Monday: Energy, Work, and Power

Read Page 8 and answer the questions 1. What is energy? 2. What is work? 3. What is the unit of measure for energy?

Watch Video One and answer the questions 4. What is force? 5. How do you know if work is being done? 6. What is the connection between work and energy?

Pead Page 9 and answer the questions 7. What is power? 8. Which has more power, a hand shovel or a snow blower? Why?

Watch Video Two and answer the questions 9. Why do people use machines? 10. If a machine said it was 750 Watts, what does that mean? 11. What is the difference between Watts and Horsepower?

Activity: Provide an example that demonstrates each of the following concepts. Energy Work Not Being

Done Work Being Done Little Power More Power

Explain: What is energy and why is it important even though we can’t see it?

Extension: Watch Video Three and Video Four After watching the videos, identify in the graphic below where energy, work, and power are present in Hunter

Pence’s baseball swing.

Tuesday: Kinetic Energy

Read Page Ten and answer the questions 1. What are the two basic types of energy? 2. What is kinetic energy? 3. What are two things kinetic energy is dependent on?

Figure 2 4. List the vehicles in order of increasing kinetic energy, and explain your reasoning.

Read Page Eleven and answer the questions 5. What is the equation for kinetic energy?

Do The Math A girl and her dog are running. The dog has a mass of 20 kg. The girl has a mass of 60 kg. 6. Suppose both the dog and the girl run at a speed of 2 m/s. Calculate both of their kinetic energies. Dog Girl 7. If the dog speeds up and now runs at a speed of 4m/s, what is the dog’s kinetic energy. Dog

Watch Video One and answer the questions 8. What happens to the amount of kinetic energy if you double the mass? 9. What happens to the amount of kinetic energy if you double the speed? 10. Which factor, mass or speed, has a greater impact on kinetic energy?

Activity: Calculate KE

11. Calculate the kinetic energy for these two scenarios. Use Video Two to check your work.

Extension: Calculate KE 12. Watch Video Three and calculate which object had the most kinetic energy. Use the data provided.

Wednesday: Potential Energy Read Page Twelve and answer the questions 22. True or False: An object does not have to be moving to have energy. Explain your reasoning. 23. Short Answer: When you lift a book or wind the spring of a toy, what is happening? 24. Define potential energy. 25. What is gravitational potential energy? 26. What two things is gravitational potential energy dependent upon? Read Page Thirteen and answer the questions 27. What is elastic potential energy? 28.

Watch Video One and answer the questions Describe the examples the video used for the following and tell what the scientist could have done to increase the amount of potential energy. Gravitational: How can GPE be increased? Elastic: How can EPE be increased? Activity: Draw an example of the following An object with gravitational potential energy An object with elastic potential energy

A transformation between kinetic and potential energy

Explain: A transformation between kinetic and potential energy

Explain: