Students used their collected data to write claim-evidence-reasoning paragraphs about energy.

HW: No HW, unless finishing paragraph.

Students finished collecting data about the effects of mass and height on energy.

HW: No HW

Students collected data about how a marble’s height affects its energy, and about how an object’s mass affects its energy.  Data collection will continue tomorrow, and we will begin analysis.

HW: No HW

We reviewed our findings about energy conversions from Energy Skate Park.  Then we began a data-collecting activity involving marbles, ramps, and variables.

HW: Energy Skate Park Show You Know sheet

Students listened and responded to a radio broadcast about the 2015 Nobel Prize Physics winners and their discovery.  Then we got a “sneak preview” of Energy Skate Park, a simulation that we will use to explore potential energy, kinetic energy, and the Law of Conservation of Energy.

HW: No HW

We took a look together at the homework.  Then we investigated the relationship between potential energy, kinetic energy, and the Law of Conservation of Energy with a demonstration.

HW: No HW

Students did a side-by-side comparison of kinetic energy and potential energy.

HW: “Practicing with Potential and Kinetic Energy” sheet

Students investigated the Law of Conservation of Energy and its parts.  Then we applied the Law to an activity with rubber bands and an investigation with a Newton’s Cradle.

HW: No HW

We began a new unit about energy and forces.  Students divided up the universe into matter and energy, then we had an overview of different kinds of energy,

HW: No HW

We reviewed for tomorrow’s test!

HW: studying for tomorrow’s test. Study guide due tomorrow.