LEGO Renewable Energy
Forms of Energy
Assignment: Create a Comic Strip
Decided whether to draw or use Storyboardthat.com. Sample
Fold a sheet of blank paper in half the long way. Unfold your paper and hold it landscape style (see the diagram example below).
Use three large boxes above the fold and three below. Number them 1-6. Use the prompts below for each box to create your energy forms comic strip.
Box #1 – Introduce your comic strip character and Explain the definition of energy.
Create and name a main character. For example, an energy-loving wizard named Work, a crazy scientist named Dr. Change, a talking animal named Atom Alligator, a robot named Energybot, or a villain named Furious Fusion. What does the character look like? Draw just a face or a whole body. You’ll probably use this character in other boxes, so keep it easy enough to draw again.
Be creative, factual, and informative!
Define energy. What is it? What are potential and kinetic forms of energy? Your character can “speak” the information using speech bubbles, or, write your facts somewhere in the box.
3. In the rest of the boxes, use your main character, introduce new characters (if desired), and draw pictures to describe the form of energy listed. Give examples. For example, imagine that crazy scientist Dr. Change is teaching the reader about electrical energy while their hair stands on end because they’ve been struck by lightning. Add extra boxes if you need on a new sheet of paper.
Box #2 – Describe motion energy. Box #3 – Describe elastic energy.
Box #4 – Describe gravitational potential energy. Box #5 - Describe radiant energy.
Box #6 – Describe electrical energy.
4. After the comic strip is written, use a fine-tipped black marker to trace over box outlines, text, and main lines. Erase any pencil marks.
Use art supplies to color in the details.
Be sure to review the assignment requirements prior to submitting it today.
To SUBMIT: Download a PDF of Comic. .Submit the PDF in Goggle Classroom for Assignment.
Quick Facts: There are 3 modes of heat transfer: In conduction, heat transfer occurs between objects by direct contact. In convection, the heat transfer takes within the fluid. In radiation, heat transfer occurs through electromagnetic waves without involving particles. The heat transfer takes place due to the difference in temperature.
Potential and Kinetic Energy Transitions
Check out the diagram of the football being kicked and caught and see how the kinetic and potential energy shift throughout the process.
BreakoutEDU: Camping with Energy
Electricity
Mechanical Advantage with Gears
Hand Generator
Joules
Expressed in “newton” and “distance”
Energy of course is needed to lift an object 1m. More energy is required to lift that object 2m. The unit that indicates this energy is called a “joule”. Work on an object when a force of 1 N moves that object for a distance of 1 m is equal to 1 joule.
https://theengineeringmindset.com/how-electricity-works/what-is-a-volt-joule-coloumb/