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Everything has potential energy; learning to use it is the key to understanding all types of energy. Scholars learn the difference between kinetic and potential energy. They then apply the concept to drawing examples of both types of energy for each of the activities performed during lesson one.
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Instructional Ideas
- Offer a more comprehensive definition of potential energy than the one included
Classroom Considerations
- Requires a beach ball for the opening activity
- Second lesson in a series of 10
- References the activities from the first lesson in order to complete this assignment, so be sure to complete them in order
Pros
- Builds off prior knowledge from the previous class
- Worksheet includes clearly labeled boxes for each drawing and offers higher-level analysis questions
Cons
- Format of the worksheet has writing on top of writing, making it difficult to read and complete one question