LESSON 4: Energy Keeps Things MovingTime: 45-90 minutes
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Lesson Overview
Students will view a video introducing them to energy sources and other energy-related concepts. They will then investigate how energy is transferred from an energy source to an energy receiver by observing a demonstration involving basketballs. Students then relate the concept of energy transfer to vehicles.
Lesson Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:- Provide a definition of energy as the ability to cause a change or to move matter.
- Identify the energy source and energy receiver in a simple transfer of energy.
- Explain that energy is needed to keep a vehicle moving.
Lesson Essential Questions
1. What is kinetic energy?
2. What keeps a vehicle moving?
Videos & Interactives
Video Segment A Better Understanding of Energy Machines need a source of energy, such as manpower, electricity, or gasoline. Machines turn energy into motion.
