Thursday 14 September 2017

Y8 energy circus

In their last double lesson Y8 looked at energy changes in the following activities

Catapult firing Elastic PE to Kinetic E

Match lighting Chemical PE to Thermal and Light

Electric motor turning Chemical PE > Electrical > Kinetic

Nails in an old coke tin Kinetic to Sound

More motors

And a solar cell Light to Electrical

All results recorded carefully

A most energetic lesson.