ENERGY MACHINES AND MOTION
Click on the links below to see the videos we watched in class:
Mr. Edmond's Law of Conservation of Energy
Kinetic and Potential Energy
9 Types of Energy Review
Kinetic and Potential Energy in a Cartoon
John Travoltage - add electrons and create static electricity
Convert Newtons to Pounds or Pounds to Newtons by clicking HERE
Energy cannot be created or destroyed!!! Click HERE to trace back the energy of everyday items.
Check your energy knowledge HERE by playing a game.
Roller Coasters use gravitational potential energy and turn it in to kinetic energy. The following are roller coasters you can build and test:
Roller Coaster 1
Roller Coaster 2
***MY FAVORITE *** Roller Coaster 3 *** MY FAVORITE ***
Learn about renewable energy and conserving energy HERE.
Mass vs. Weight - your mass does not change on the moon, but your weight does. Find out your weight on different planets by clicking HERE.
Wind Energy - we will read about this, click HERE to learn more.
Hogbusters - learn how to conserve energy with this fun game. Click HERE to play.
SIMPLE MACHINES
***ANOTHER FAVORITE *** You need to meet Twitch, he is a lot of fun and teaches you about different simple machines. Click HERE to meet Twitch and his friends!!! ***ANOTHER FAVORITE***
Rube Goldberg is a real person. He designed simple machines that made simple tasks much more complicated. Click HERE to help fix one that serves lunch to someone. It takes some time and thinking to do this!!!
Watch a few Rube Goldberg designs. Click HERE to see the band OK Go music video, it is a GIANT Rube Goldberg. Click HERE to see the Mythbuster's Christmas Rube Goldberg!
Click on the links below to see the videos we watched in class:
Mr. Edmond's Law of Conservation of Energy
Kinetic and Potential Energy
9 Types of Energy Review
Kinetic and Potential Energy in a Cartoon
John Travoltage - add electrons and create static electricity
Convert Newtons to Pounds or Pounds to Newtons by clicking HERE
Energy cannot be created or destroyed!!! Click HERE to trace back the energy of everyday items.
Check your energy knowledge HERE by playing a game.
Roller Coasters use gravitational potential energy and turn it in to kinetic energy. The following are roller coasters you can build and test:
Roller Coaster 1
Roller Coaster 2
***MY FAVORITE *** Roller Coaster 3 *** MY FAVORITE ***
Learn about renewable energy and conserving energy HERE.
Mass vs. Weight - your mass does not change on the moon, but your weight does. Find out your weight on different planets by clicking HERE.
Wind Energy - we will read about this, click HERE to learn more.
Hogbusters - learn how to conserve energy with this fun game. Click HERE to play.
SIMPLE MACHINES
***ANOTHER FAVORITE *** You need to meet Twitch, he is a lot of fun and teaches you about different simple machines. Click HERE to meet Twitch and his friends!!! ***ANOTHER FAVORITE***
Rube Goldberg is a real person. He designed simple machines that made simple tasks much more complicated. Click HERE to help fix one that serves lunch to someone. It takes some time and thinking to do this!!!
Watch a few Rube Goldberg designs. Click HERE to see the band OK Go music video, it is a GIANT Rube Goldberg. Click HERE to see the Mythbuster's Christmas Rube Goldberg!