Maxwell ENERGY & MOTION

Ms. Maxwell's 7th Grade Science Class:

Potential energy is stored energy, or energy of position. Kinetic energy is energy of motion. A book that has been lifted from the floor and placed on a table has stored potential energy due to gravity.

A falling book, however, has kinetic energy, and the force of its impact with the ground will release energy. Likewise, the first hill of a rollercoaster should be the highest, so that the most potential energy is stored before the ride drops and potential energy is converted to kinetic energy.

A battery has chemical potential energy, and its chemical energy is stored until it is connected to a circuit, where its chemical energy can be changed to electrical energy.

Maglev Trains Click on Maglev and answer the work sheet

ENERGY: Open simulation “Energy Skate Park.”.

1. Click on Simulations 2. Work, Energy, and Power on the left side. 3. Click on Energy Skate Park.

Potential and Kinetic

Force and Motion

Part II:

Day 1: Close Reads: Putting in the Work-

  • read the handout, make annotations on the page,

  • watch the video MOTION

  • define the words using the lyrics and previous knowledge

Day 2: Newton's Laws 1;2;3

  • Watch a short video on Sir Isaac Newton

  • Using the research organizer answer the question- Who was Sir Isaac Newton? Go to World Book Encyclopedia

Day 3: Newton's Laws: Force and Force/ Fan Cart Physics select one of the Gizmo's