But Why Does It Happen?

Learning Target: 

• I can use my understanding of PE and KE to write a reasoning paragraph for the car/ramp lab

HOWLs Target: 

• I keep working until the task is complete.

Agenda

• Warm-up: WET PAPER (2min)
• Which situation has more potential energy? Why?
• 1. A cup of water sitting on the edge of a table 
• 2. A piece of paper on the edge of the same table
• Now what happens to the potential energy when my cat, Jazz, comes over and knocks one of the objects off the table?
• diagram the ramps
• potential and kinetic energy labels
• reasoning paragraph: compare and contrast
• all together now

Homework:

• none