What is Energy?

Activity❏ What do you think the term energy means?❏ How have you heard the term energy used?

On index cards, record your ideas about energy. Describe the term or use it in a sentence.

Popplet Mind mapRecord students’ ideas on mind map using popplet.

Quick experiment - Ss stand and move a book up and down❏ What do you need in order to move the book?❏ Where does your energy come from?

eNERGY …...Energy is the ability to make things move. Any living thing or object that moves does so because of some type of energy.

❏ What do you think will happen if you let go of your book?

Why did your books drop to the floor?

REASON …..Books have energy stored in them. This is called gravitational energy. When you released the books, gravitational energy forced the books to move toward the floor.

WHAT DOES THE FORCE OF GRAVITY DO TO OBJECTS?

SECOND EXPERIMENT❏ Does this device have

energy?❏ How does this device move?❏ What form of energy is used

to make the pencil sharpener move?

Where does the electricity come from? I know, I know! Choose me!

tHIRD EXPERIMENT❏ Does this car have

energy?❏ How does the car move?❏ What form of energy is

used to make the car move?

Wrap up

Is Nathan using energy?

FINAL WORD …… (FOR NOW :-) Energy is a very important part of all our lives.We are using energy all the time, even when we are asleep.ENERGY is the POWER that makes things WORK.