Potential & Kinetic Energy
Students perform a roller-and-ramp, pendulum, or bouncing ball experiment to determine how the height of an object affects the distance it travels. Students collect and analyze data to determine the relationship between potential and kinetic energy.
Vocabulary: energy, inertia, kinetic, potential
Session Information:
- Flexible instruction whether students are in the classroom or at home.
- Interactive, instructor-led session facilitated with students using materials from school or home. Can also be demonstration-based if students do not have access to materials.
- Teachers will receive a detailed Teacher Notes guide upon booking.
- Secure link to ZoomGov videoconferencing platform will be provided.
- Sessions are 30 minutes, Tu-Fr, 9:30 a.m.,10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 1:30 p.m. Plan for additional time to get settled in the virtual classroom.
- One class per session
New York State Standards
New York State Science Learning Standards
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Disciplinary Core Ideas |
Crosscutting Concepts |
Science and Engineering Practices |
|---|---|---|
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PS3.A: Definitions of Energy |
Patterns Cause and Effect: Mechanism and Prediction Energy and Matter: Flow, Cycles, and Conservation |
Planning and Carrying Out Investigations Analyzing and Interpreting Data Engaging in Argument from Evidence |
Next Generation English Language Arts Standards
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Speaking and Listening |
Language |
|---|---|
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Comprehension and Collaboration Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas |
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use |
Contact
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Ashley Blydenburgh
(631) 344-4495
Office of Educational Programs
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Building 438
Upton, NY 11973-5000
