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Energy Explorations Worksheet
🔋 Part 1: Understanding Energy
1. What is energy?
The ability to make things happen or cause change
Something that only exists in batteries
A type of food
Something you can only see
2. Which of these are forms of energy? (Tick all that apply)
Light from the sun
Sound from music
Heat from a fire
Movement of a car
A rock sitting still
3. In our balloon rocket experiment, what made the balloon move along the string?
The string pulling it
Air escaping from the balloon pushing it forward
Gravity pulling it down
Magic
4. Fill in the blanks: The balloon rocket showed how _______ energy from the escaping air was changed into _______ energy as the balloon moved.
Hint: Think about the air inside the balloon and then the balloon moving.
🚀 Part 2: Balloon Rocket Observations
5. Draw your balloon rocket experiment below. Label the balloon, string, straw, and show the direction of movement with an arrow.
6. What happened when you released the balloon? Describe what you observed in 2-3 sentences.
7. How could you make your balloon rocket travel further or faster? Give two ideas.
Idea 1: _________________________________________________
Idea 2: _________________________________________________
🌟 Part 3: Energy Around Us
8. Think of three examples from your daily life where energy causes something to change or move. Write them below.
9. Complete this sentence: Energy is important because _______________
10. Challenge Question: The Māori word for wind is "hau". How is wind energy similar to the energy we used in our balloon rocket?
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