1. Full of Energy! Science with Mrs. Williams Week of January 7
SPI Distinguish among gravitational potential energy, elastic potential energy, and chemical potential energy.
SPI Interpret the relationship between potential and kinetic energy.
Essential Question:
How are potential and kinetic energy related?
You may chat until class starts.

2. What is Energy?
Have students share their ideas on energy.

3. For Your Viewing Pleasure……
Here are a couple different youtube videos you can use…watch and choose the one you like the best.
P&K Energy song (I may use at end of class if time)
Bill Nye
P Vs. K (I’m using this one)

4. Potential Energy Energy that is stored in an object
The object is not moving, but could move
The objects on the table have to potential to move
Have students sit completely still. Explain that they could “potentially” move if they needed to. As they sit still, they have potential energy.

5. Gravitational Potential Energy
Objects that can move because of gravitational pull
The potential energy increases with an objects mass and height.

6. Gravitational Potential Energy
If the red vase and the blue vase have the same mass, which has the most gravitational potential energy?

7. Elastic Potential Energy
Objects have elastic potential energy because of their shape or the material it is made of
What items might have elastic potential energy?

8. Elastic Potential Energy
Which hand has the most potential energy?
Which rubber band will travel the farthest?

9. Chemical Potential Energy
Has potential energy that is released during a chemical reaction
For example: When we eat, the food is broken down through chemical reactions and energy is supplied to our body.

10. Chemical Potential Energy
Can you think of other things that have chemical potential energy?

11. Identify the Potential Energy
Gravitational
Elastic
Chemical
Gravitational: Apple on Chair, beach ball
Elastic: spring, bow
Chemical: food, beakers
Allow students to share thoughts if they disagree 

12. Copy these pictures to the previous slide for students to sort into appropriate categories once you have uploaded to blackboard

13. Kinetic Energy
If potential energy is energy that is stored, what is kinetic energy?

14. Examples of Kinetic Energy
Have students give examples of kinetic energy

15. Let’s Review
You will use your polling tools to answer the following TCAP practice questions.
A B C D

16. J

17. H

18. A

19. B

20. J

21. H

22. C

23. How are potential and kinetic energy related?
Essential Question
How are potential and kinetic energy related?

24. Assignments
Science Fair Final Prezi Presentations are due Friday, January 11th
Thursday, January 10th: Additional Science Study Hall at 2:30 ET/1:30 CT for PREZI HELP
Study Island Custom Assessment (assigned by your
HR teacher) titled Kinetic and
Potential Energy

25. Questions

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