Justification and Relevance of Lesson
Energy is the ability to do work. It has the potential to make changes, and any changes are due to work being done. This is significant because work can generate energy, and energy itself can do work (i.e., work done on windmills by the wind produces energy, and energy is used in homes to do work).
Standards and Learning Objectives
Content Learning Standards (s)
HS-PS3-1: Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. Common Core State Standards
MP.2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Learning Objective (s)
Knowledge: The students will be able to understand that there is both gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy as a ball rolls down a ramp.
They will be able to apply the conservation of mechanical energy equation. Student Friendly Learning Objectives (Posted on the white board)
Knowledge: I can understand that there is both gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy as a ball rolls down a ramp.
I can apply the conservation of mechanical energy equation.
Assessment
Assessment Strategy
Informal formative: I will review students’ responses to Explore questions 1 through 4.
I should notice that the sum of the KE and PE near the middle of the ramps is nearly the same as the total energy of the system under investigation.
**The students will vote to request practice
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