1. It’s takes a major boom to “wow” the kids these days…
Energy of Change
It’s takes a major boom to “wow” the kids these days…

2. Energy: What is Energy? The ability to cause change
Think about things that have energy “in them”…
All those things can make something DO something!
It’s what causes change in everything!
Nothing changes without some energy causing it.
Earthquakes, Rain, even human growth is all because of energy.

3. Sun = Lots of Energy!
The Sun is the source for all energy in our solar system. This is the same for all solar systems in the universe.
The heat, pressure and gravity of the sun causes all energy.
Energy causes change to everything!

4. Earths Interior Core Produces Energy:
Either it comes straight from the big bright thingy (sun), or it comes from the radioactive energy of our planet’s core.
Radio Active Core
There is so much heat and pressure
in the core that the Iron atoms are
constantly breaking apart!
This creates LOTS of heat = Energy!!!

5. There are two “types” of energy:
Potential: “stored” energy (able or about to do something but isn’t just yet)
There are two basic examples
of Potential Energy:
The ball could fall,
but it hasn’t yet!
Gravitational
Elastic
The boulder can fall but it hasn’t yet
The “bow” can shoot the arrow
but isn’t right now.
Elastic Energy is caused by changing the shape of an object
(“stretching”, “bending”, “pulling”, “squishing”)
Gravitational Energy is caused by the force of gravity
Pulling down on an object while the object is being held up!

6. Kinetic energy: Kinetic: Energy of movement This container is
full of a red liquid
But there is a hole!
Gravity pulls the
liquid down through
the hole!
The motion of the liquid is
an example of a substance
with Kinetic Energy
Ball falling down = Movement
Movement = Kinetic Energy

7. Potential vs. Kinetic: The Roller Coaster has potential energy at the
top of the hill
The rocket has potential energy
when the fuel hasn’t been lit
The rocket has Kinetic
energy when it’s fuel is
lit and it flies through the air
Wow!
There’s a lot of potential energy in this sucker!
But it has Kinetic energy
when it rolls down the hill!

8. Meteor Impact Lab
Just look at all these craters of all different sizes!
Why do rocks from space cause this much damage?

9. We even have them here on Earth!
NASA has predicted that the greatest
threat to life on Earth, is
from a meteor impact!
Use the materials given to you to determine what variables are needed to cause both
major and minor damage to Earth…if you finish early, figure out how to save us…