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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1X17UWi_RnGfIn8-SQESrVGxbGFgmDeXX1JviOg5Oi7k/edit#slide=id.g840dc22936_0_14

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Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.

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Vocabulary Review: Use 2-minute classroom to compare terms: natural selection, convergent vs. divergent, genetic drift vs. gene flow, bottleneck vs founders effect.

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Interactive notebooks for each unit using google slides. 

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Interactive notebooks for each unit using google slides. 

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Can you elaborate or share the slides?

For each unit I create  a notebook that goes along with my lecture. Some of the slides are just notes already done for them, some are fill in the blanks, some are fill in the information. Some slides have practice problems that I have done for them in the slides with videos that I have made with more examples. Other slides have example problems for the students to do that I can look at before they move on to the practice problems for the day.

interactive notebook

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1b5bIQEAokJZ-YPKzGC6IN_BnnPlBIiGnESbkXZtOIf0/edit

lecture ppts
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AtYN1jfQ3zuabCYe1bSr6j14skRBpchyB2gUO11xd7Q/edit?usp=drive_web&ouid=108687186977311516335

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This does not require a lot of equipment and can be done easily modified to do at home. - Borrowed from Schmidt

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Learn about conservation of energy with a skater gal! Explore different tracks and view the kinetic energy, potential energy and friction as she moves. Build your own tracks, ramps, and jumps for the skater.

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link to a document we used a couple of years ago that includes all the links to the activities

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l6Ybz2g1OSMdZn9bee07k81LJns3n3oI/view?usp=sharing

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l3ln3wQRBid5IVDuKUQS_vOOkMagBbUe/view?usp=sharing

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Unit 5 - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IZSdsOwdbI9tUNx87wpAeTjoNrtTQPmanIwagsgSy5E/edit?usp=sharing

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Essential questions that match each of the TEKS in the Unit. I used for poster presentations.

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By Amy Cowen on November 11, 2020 12:00 PM
Use these free lesson plans and hands-on activities to explore potential and kinetic energy with students!
What happens when you stretch a rubber band and let it go? Why? Explaining how energy is stored and transferred and how that relates to the movement and momentum of objects in motion involves understanding potential and kinetic energy. This is an area of science where getting hands-on with the storage, transfer, and release of energy really helps students connect with what is happening. When students stretch something, and it flies into the distance, or roll a marble down a paper roller coaster and watch to see if it can travel up the incline of a loop, they see the science in action and can investigate, hands-on, how changing different variables affects the speed, distance traveled, or momentum of an object.

These activities and NGSS-aligned lesson plans help educators create hands-on learning opportunities to teach about potential and kinetic energy in the classroom, as part of remote learning, or for independent or family exploration at home.

Note: Science Buddies Lesson Plans contain materials to support educators leading hands-on STEM learning with students. Lesson Plans offer NGSS alignment, contain background materials to inspire confidence in teachers even in areas that may be new to them, and include supplemental resources like worksheets, videos, discussion questions, and assessment materials.

Lesson Plans and Activities to Teach About Potential and Kinetic Energy

1. With the Paper Roller Coasters: Kinetic and Potential Energy lesson (or activity), students build their own model paper roller coasters and explore how conservation of energy applies in terms of gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, and friction. What determines if a marble can make it from the start of the roller coaster to the end? Can it do a loop?

2. With the Design a Paper Airplane Launcher lesson, students learn about potential and kinetic energy as they use the engineering design process to build a paper airplane launcher. (An activity is also available for informal use.)

3. With the Build a Rubber Band-Powered Car activity, students design and build a car with wheels made from compact discs (CDs) and an axle that uses a rubber band to store and release energy. They learn about potential and kinetic energy as they wind up the axle and test to see how far the car goes.

4. With the Ping Pong Catapult lesson, students experiment with the Ping Pong Catapult to explore potential and kinetic energy by launching ping pong balls. (There are multiple student projects that use the Ping Pong Catapult and might also be useful in your classroom exploration.)

5. With the Balloon Car lesson or activity, students design, build, and race balloon-powered cars. What design choices will result in the most available energy for the car?

6. With the Swinging Pendulum lesson, students learn how energy is converted from potential to kinetic and back again by studying the movement of a pendulum. What does the height of the swing have to do with the energy?

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Collections like this help educators find themed activities in a specific subject area or discover activities and lessons that meet a curriculum need. We hope these collections make it convenient for teachers to browse related lessons and activities. For other collections, see the Teaching Science Units and Thematic Collections lists. We encourage you to browse the complete STEM Activities for Kids and Lesson Plans areas, too. Filters are available to help you narrow your search.

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By Amy Cowen on November 11, 2020 12:00 PM Use these free lesson plans and hands-on activities to explore potential and kinetic energy with students! What happens when you stretch a rubber band and let it go? Why?