Student will work as teams to create a energy project book. Students may use the internet for their research if available, if not take students to the library or bring resource materials into the classroom. At the end of the project you will compile the students chapters into one book. Students should answer this question in their research of this topic, then they will have to be able to translate that information to a younger student. You may come up with other questions to be answered.
Energy is the ability to do work.
Kinetic energy is the energy of movement. Potential energy has the potential to do work because of its position or its chemical makeup. Simulate an oil spill clean up . An example of this type of energy includes energy from the sun which is called Solar energy. Yet another form of energy comes in the form of heat from the earth.