Can anyone come up with some interesting ways to explain "Kinetic Energy" to a group of grade 1-3 students?
2007-02-13 00:08:21 · 7 answers · asked by kogirl 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Play a video of a hurricane in progress. It's a great visual of the energy of relative motion.
Another idea would be to either show a video of a bowling ball knocking down pins or bring in a play set made of plastic and do the demonstration live showing how the moving ball imparts it's kinetic energy to the pins causing them to move.
2007-02-13 00:19:38 · answer #1 · answered by lunatic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Can anyone come up with some interesting ways to explain "Kinetic Energy" to a group of grade 1-3 students?
2015-08-13 18:23:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems like potential would be harder. You need to choose activities where the kids are actually moving. Any movement is kinetic. Maybe one of those games where the lead person turns around and the class sneaks up, but as he turns forward if he sees you move you are out.
After they do the moving, then have them find examples of other things moving. Like-cars, windmill blades, wind,
2007-02-13 05:38:07 · answer #3 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you move, you create kinetic energy. When you don't, you are in rest or in potential energy
2007-02-13 01:49:27 · answer #4 · answered by al 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the form of energy, when you stop peddling your bike you keep on moving till the Resistance of wind and road cause you to stop. Should you wish to explain the basis of this energy, it is the overall frequency of a mass of a moving body. As a mass slows down, this single directional energy becomes more random and less focused in a single direction.
2007-02-13 01:37:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
um...kinetic energy is when an object moves.if it doesn't,no kinetic energy is present.ryt?
2007-02-13 00:19:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Play catch
Play keep-away
Set up a little bowling demo
let them play with little cars back and forth.
Use a yo-yo
Dribble a basketball
Play a drum
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Take your pick, there's tons of things you can do to illustrate this to them, and they are all fun. :)
2007-02-13 02:47:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The muscle game at fairs. You know, the guy hits the plank with a mallet and it sends a ball up a track. If he hits it hard enough it'll ring the bell at the top.
2007-02-13 00:25:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's the energy possessed by a body by virtue of its motion
2007-02-13 00:14:47 · answer #9 · answered by PASCAL 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋