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Stage 3 - Learning Plan: Potential and Kinetic Energy

Students will watch a falling dominos video and then set up their own falling domino course. Students will then video their falling dominoes.

media type="youtube" key="Hgtekdw1eyo" height="315" width="420" Students will watch their videos and write a short description of what happened.

Teacher will them explain what students were seeing in action was potential and kinetic energy and define each of the words for them as well as provide examples.

Students will then brainstorm in triads where we see potential and kinetic energy in our daily lives and post these answers on Wallwisher. (http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/pkenergy)

Students will complete vocabulary squares for each of the following vocabulary words: potential energy, kinetic energy, gravity, friction, mass, force, acceleration, inertia

How does potential energy turn into kinetic energy (when does the transfer occur)?

Students will read about Sir Isaac Newton in pairs and will complete the BioCube activity from the [|ReadWriteThink Website]

After students have completed the BioCube activity they will write a short dialogue “interviewing” Sir Isaac Newton. This dialogue will be presented to the class either live or via iMovie and will be scored using the Isaac Newton Role Play Scoring Guide.

Students will complete the [|Laws of Motion webquest] in pairs or triads. This webquest will ask students to create demonstrations for each Law of Motion. The demonstrations will be scored according to the

Students will present their demonstrations to the rest of the class via iMovie. These demonstrations will be also be presented at the energy fair.