It's the Law

Learning Target: 

• I can describe how energy changes through a system
• I can state The Law of Conservation of Energy

HOWLs Target: 

• I am prepared for learning by sitting, writing the LT, and listening.

Agenda

• Warm-up: CAREFUL (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
• What happens to the potential energy when my cat knocks one of the objects off the table?
• Phet Skatepark
• worksheet
• check-in
• other examples (make t-charts in your notebook to identify the energy transfers):
• rubber bands and a watermelon
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• mousetraps and a trampoline
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• The Law of Conservation of Energy
• In a closed system, energy cannot be created nor destroyed. It changes form.
• closed system?
• pendulums

Homework:

• PE and KE assessment, A-Thursday 9/28, BCD-Friday 9/29:
•  define energy, identify examples of PE and KE, compare amounts of energy PE and KE, describe how energy changes through a system, state Law of Conservation Of Energy