October 9 -- October 13

Monday, October 9

How are mass and speed related to kinetic energy?

***Kinetic Energy Quiz***

Tuesday, October 10

How does energy change as it is transferred between objects in a system?

-Energy Transfer Anchor Videos

-Windmill Designs

Wednesday, October 11

How does energy change as it is transferred between objects in a system?

-Windmills

-Windmill Models

Thursday, October 12

What happens to energy when it appears to “disappear” in a system?

-Summary Table and Definitions

-Final Windmill Competition

-Energy Disappearing Lab

-Phet Energy Skatepark?

Friday, October 13

What happens to energy when it appears to “disappear” in a system?

-Go Over Quiz

-Phet Energy Skatepark

-Summary Table

NGSS Connections 

Develop a model to describe unobservable phenomena.       (MS-PS3-2)

Engaging in Argument from Evidence

Construct, use, and present oral and written arguments supported by empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support or refute an explanation or model for a phenomenon. (MS-PS3-5)

PS3.C: Relationships Between Energy and Forces

When two objects interact, each one exerts a force on the other that can cause energy to be transferred to or from the object. (MS-PS3-2)

PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer

When the motion energy of an object changes, there is inevitably some other change in energy at the same time.       (MS-PS3-5)

Systems and System Models

Models can be used to represent systems and their interactions – such as inputs, processes, and outputs – and energy and matter flows within systems. (MS-PS3-2)

Energy and Matter

Energy may take different forms (e.g. energy in fields, thermal energy, energy of motion).                   (MS-PS3-5)