What are the factors that affect the gravitational potential energy? Use the video to describe the process of calculating GPE and how it is converted to kinetic energy. 

Concepts

gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, energy conversion, mass, height

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Ask learners to choose a location on Earth and determine their gravitation potential energy when standing in that spot
• Have your classes use a graphic organizer to record new vocabulary and examples

Classroom Considerations

• Builds from the previous lessons in a 49-part series

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Emphasizes new vocabulary during the lesson

Cons

• The speed of the video makes it difficult to absorb all the important information