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Pushing it Off a Cliff

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This Pushing it Off a Cliff lesson plan also includes:

Focus on the conservation of energy, specifically looking at gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy, with a lecture that involves having friends throw light objects at each other to determine which has more kinetic energy and dropping different objects to demonstrate gravitational potential energy. 

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Concepts
the law of conservation of energy, gravitational potential energy, potential energy, kinetic energy, mechanical energy, newton's laws of motion, technology resources
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Instructional Ideas
  • Have the class research kinetic and potential energy to find examples they understand
Classroom Considerations
  • Look through the equations and be sure you are comfortable with what they stand for and the mathematics involved
  • The duration includes time for both activities and the optional video clip
  • The second installment in an 8-part series sets up the next two activities of the unit
Pros
  • Provides suggestions to make the lecture more interesting to the class
  • The answer key shows the mathematical work done to arrive at the answers
Cons
  • Does not contain any example problems that use the formulas
NGSS
HS-PS3-1