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Students will develop an understanding of these two states of energy using a vehicle and a ramp to overcome inertia. Through their experiments students will collect, graph, and analyze data to discover the relationship between these two types of energy.
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Vocabulary inertia, energy, potential, kinetic
Lesson Objectives 1) Demonstrate an understanding of potential and kinetic energy, and the difference between them. 2) In a cooperative group conduct an experiment; collect, graph, and analyze data.		National Science Education Standards Content Standard A- Science as Inquiry Content Standard B- Physical Science New York State Learning Standards Math, Science, Technology Standards 1, 3, 4, 6

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