Last Week of TERM 1:TASK 8: The Law of Conservation of Energy (Kinetic and Potential)

  This week you will be working with a partner and participating in a series of activities to prepare you to write an essay about energy.

The activities include:

            Station 1: Skate Park Physics, Online Interactive (media center computers)

            Station 2: Car Lab (classroom)

            Station 3: Reading on Conservation of Energy and PE and KE and Which has more energy calculations? (hallway)

            Station 4: Marble Energy Conservation Lab (Classroom)

            Station 5: PE and KE Movie (next door)

Station 6: Math Practice Problems (Classroom)

While working at each station you should be taking notes that you will use to write your argument. You will have 1 hour in class on Friday to write your argument.  You may bring in notes and work that you complete in class this week.  You may not use any direct sources of information.  Your essay will include the following paragraphs:

Paragraph 1: Claim- Energy can be neither created nor destroyed.  It is constant in a system.

Paragraph 2: Claim- PE and KE are different forms of energy.

Paragraph 3: Claim- Mass affects PE the same as height.

Paragraph 4: Claim: Velocity affects KE more than mass.

Paragraph 5:  Claim: The PE and KE formulas represent two different types of functions.

Paragraph 6: Claim:

PE and KE and the law of conservation can be seen in many real life situations.

Each paragraph should include the following: 

-        At least 1 reason why the claim is valid or true

-        2- 3 pieces of evidence to support the claim

 
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