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Energy in Motion

Pendulum swinging showing energy transfer

🎯 WALT: Understand how energy is involved in movement

Success Criteria: I can explain how energy is transferred in my pendulum.

📝 Visual Word Bank

Energy: The power that makes things move

Potential Energy: Stored energy (when pendulum is lifted up)

Kinetic Energy: Movement energy (when pendulum is swinging)

Transfer: Energy changing from one type to another

Pendulum: An object that swings back and forth

🔍 Part 1: Pendulum Observations

1. When I lift my pendulum up high, it has _____________ energy.

potential

kinetic

no

2. When my pendulum is swinging fast at the bottom, it has _____________ energy.

potential

kinetic

no

3. Complete this sentence about your pendulum:

When I swing my pendulum, the energy changes from _____________ to _____________.

4. Draw your pendulum in two positions and label the energy:

✏️ Part 2: My Observations

5. Complete these sentence starters about your pendulum:

When I lift my pendulum up, I can see that _________________________

When my pendulum swings, it moves fastest when _________________________

The energy in my pendulum transfers from _________________________

6. Explain in your own words: How does energy move in your pendulum?
7. Extension Challenge: Can you think of 2 other things that use energy to move? How do they get their energy?

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