High School Physics: Conservation of Energy Exploration Activity - Grades 9-12
Regular price
$3.00
Grade Levels: 9th - 12th
Subjects: Science, Physics
Standards: NGSS HS-PS3-2
Formats Included: Zip
Engage your high school students with this NGSS-aligned Conservation of Energy Exploration Activity for Grades 9-12. This hands-on activity allows students to investigate how energy is conserved in a system using simple household items. Through practical experiments and data analysis, students will gain a solid understanding of the principles of energy conservation, including gravitational potential energy (GPE), kinetic energy (KE), and elastic potential energy (EPE).
Key Features:
- Comprehensive Activity: Guides students through experiments with a bouncy ball and a rubber popper to explore energy transformations and conservation.
- Hands-On Learning: Encourages students to use simple household items to conduct experiments, fostering practical understanding.
- Data Analysis: Includes detailed procedures for measuring mass, calculating energy, and analyzing bounce efficiency.
- Educational Focus: Reinforces concepts of GPE, KE, EPE, and the law of conservation of energy.
- Answer Key Included: Facilitates easy grading and allows students to check their answers independently.
- Printable PDF Format: Suitable for both in-person and distance learning.
Topics Covered:
- Gravitational Potential Energy (GPE): Calculating GPE and understanding its dependence on mass and height.
- Kinetic Energy (KE): Exploring the relationship between mass, velocity, and KE.
- Elastic Potential Energy (EPE): Understanding energy stored in deformed objects like rubber poppers.
- Energy Transformations: Analyzing how energy is transferred and transformed between GPE, KE, and EPE.
- Bounce Efficiency: Investigating the efficiency of energy transfer in bouncing objects.
Materials Needed:
- Rubber bouncy ball
- Rubber popper
- Cell phone or camera with slow-motion video capability (optional)
- 1-2 meter sticks
- Kitchen scale to measure mass
Additional Features:
- NGSS Standards Alignment: HS-PS3-2: Develop and use models to illustrate that energy at the macroscopic scale can be accounted for as a combination of energy associated with the motions of particles (objects) and energy associated with the relative position of particles (objects).
- Conclusion Questions: Helps students reflect on their findings and solidify their understanding of energy conservation principles.
Use this activity to provide a thorough exploration of the conservation of energy, helping students build a solid foundation in understanding these fundamental physics principles. Perfect for classroom use, homework assignments, or science projects, this resource is an invaluable addition to your high school physics curriculum.
Grade Levels: 9th - 12th
Subjects: Science, Physics
Standards: NGSS HS-PS3-2
Formats Included: Zip
Engage your high school students with this NGSS-aligned Conservation of Energy Exploration Activity for Grades 9-12. This hands-on activity allows students to investigate how energy is conserved in a system using simple household items. Through practical experiments and data analysis, students will gain a solid understanding of the principles of energy conservation, including gravitational potential energy (GPE), kinetic energy (KE), and elastic potential energy (EPE).
Key Features:
- Comprehensive Activity: Guides students through experiments with a bouncy ball and a rubber popper to explore energy transformations and conservation.
- Hands-On Learning: Encourages students to use simple household items to conduct experiments, fostering practical understanding.
- Data Analysis: Includes detailed procedures for measuring mass, calculating energy, and analyzing bounce efficiency.
- Educational Focus: Reinforces concepts of GPE, KE, EPE, and the law of conservation of energy.
- Answer Key Included: Facilitates easy grading and allows students to check their answers independently.
- Printable PDF Format: Suitable for both in-person and distance learning.
Topics Covered:
- Gravitational Potential Energy (GPE): Calculating GPE and understanding its dependence on mass and height.
- Kinetic Energy (KE): Exploring the relationship between mass, velocity, and KE.
- Elastic Potential Energy (EPE): Understanding energy stored in deformed objects like rubber poppers.
- Energy Transformations: Analyzing how energy is transferred and transformed between GPE, KE, and EPE.
- Bounce Efficiency: Investigating the efficiency of energy transfer in bouncing objects.
Materials Needed:
- Rubber bouncy ball
- Rubber popper
- Cell phone or camera with slow-motion video capability (optional)
- 1-2 meter sticks
- Kitchen scale to measure mass
Additional Features:
- NGSS Standards Alignment: HS-PS3-2: Develop and use models to illustrate that energy at the macroscopic scale can be accounted for as a combination of energy associated with the motions of particles (objects) and energy associated with the relative position of particles (objects).
- Conclusion Questions: Helps students reflect on their findings and solidify their understanding of energy conservation principles.
Use this activity to provide a thorough exploration of the conservation of energy, helping students build a solid foundation in understanding these fundamental physics principles. Perfect for classroom use, homework assignments, or science projects, this resource is an invaluable addition to your high school physics curriculum.
Update your location to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
NGSS HS-PS2-2
Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system. Emphasis is on the quantitative conservation of momentum in interactions and the qualitative meaning of this principle. Assessment is limited to systems of two macroscopic bodies moving in one dimension.
NGSS HS-PS3-1
Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the model. Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to thermal energy, kinetic energy, and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.
NGSS HS-PS2-1
Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. Assessment is limited to one-dimensional motion and to macroscopic objects moving at non-relativistic speeds. Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for objects subject to a net unbalanced force, such as a falling object, an object sliding down a ramp, or a moving object being pulled by a constant force.
NGSS HS-PS4-1
Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the earth. Assessment is limited to algebraic relationships and describing those relationships qualitatively.
NGSS HS-PS2-3
Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. Examples of evaluation and refinement could include determining the success of the device at protecting an object from damage and modifying the design to improve it. Examples of a device could include a football helmet or a parachute. Assessment is limited to qualitative evaluations and/or algebraic manipulations.
NGSS HS-PS2-2
Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system. Emphasis is on the quantitative conservation of momentum in interactions and the qualitative meaning of this principle. Assessment is limited to systems of two macroscopic bodies moving in one dimension.
NGSS HS-PS3-1
Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the model. Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to thermal energy, kinetic energy, and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.
NGSS HS-PS2-1
Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. Assessment is limited to one-dimensional motion and to macroscopic objects moving at non-relativistic speeds. Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for objects subject to a net unbalanced force, such as a falling object, an object sliding down a ramp, or a moving object being pulled by a constant force.
NGSS HS-PS4-1
Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the earth. Assessment is limited to algebraic relationships and describing those relationships qualitatively.
NGSS HS-PS2-3
Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. Examples of evaluation and refinement could include determining the success of the device at protecting an object from damage and modifying the design to improve it. Examples of a device could include a football helmet or a parachute. Assessment is limited to qualitative evaluations and/or algebraic manipulations.
Update your location to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
NGSS HS-PS2-2
Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system. Emphasis is on the quantitative conservation of momentum in interactions and the qualitative meaning of this principle. Assessment is limited to systems of two macroscopic bodies moving in one dimension.
NGSS HS-PS3-1
Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the model. Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to thermal energy, kinetic energy, and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.
NGSS HS-PS2-1
Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. Assessment is limited to one-dimensional motion and to macroscopic objects moving at non-relativistic speeds. Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for objects subject to a net unbalanced force, such as a falling object, an object sliding down a ramp, or a moving object being pulled by a constant force.
NGSS HS-PS4-1
Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the earth. Assessment is limited to algebraic relationships and describing those relationships qualitatively.
NGSS HS-PS2-3
Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. Examples of evaluation and refinement could include determining the success of the device at protecting an object from damage and modifying the design to improve it. Examples of a device could include a football helmet or a parachute. Assessment is limited to qualitative evaluations and/or algebraic manipulations.
NGSS HS-PS2-2
Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system. Emphasis is on the quantitative conservation of momentum in interactions and the qualitative meaning of this principle. Assessment is limited to systems of two macroscopic bodies moving in one dimension.
NGSS HS-PS3-1
Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the model. Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to thermal energy, kinetic energy, and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.
NGSS HS-PS2-1
Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. Assessment is limited to one-dimensional motion and to macroscopic objects moving at non-relativistic speeds. Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for objects subject to a net unbalanced force, such as a falling object, an object sliding down a ramp, or a moving object being pulled by a constant force.
NGSS HS-PS4-1
Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the earth. Assessment is limited to algebraic relationships and describing those relationships qualitatively.
NGSS HS-PS2-3
Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. Examples of evaluation and refinement could include determining the success of the device at protecting an object from damage and modifying the design to improve it. Examples of a device could include a football helmet or a parachute. Assessment is limited to qualitative evaluations and/or algebraic manipulations.
High School Physics: Conservation of Energy Exploration Activity - Grades 9-12
Regular price
$3.00
Grade Levels: 9th - 12th
Subjects: Science, Physics
Standards: NGSS HS-PS3-2
Formats Included: Zip
Engage your high school students with this NGSS-aligned Conservation of Energy Exploration Activity for Grades 9-12. This hands-on activity allows students to investigate how energy is conserved in a system using simple household items. Through practical experiments and data analysis, students will gain a solid understanding of the principles of energy conservation, including gravitational potential energy (GPE), kinetic energy (KE), and elastic potential energy (EPE).
Key Features:
- Comprehensive Activity: Guides students through experiments with a bouncy ball and a rubber popper to explore energy transformations and conservation.
- Hands-On Learning: Encourages students to use simple household items to conduct experiments, fostering practical understanding.
- Data Analysis: Includes detailed procedures for measuring mass, calculating energy, and analyzing bounce efficiency.
- Educational Focus: Reinforces concepts of GPE, KE, EPE, and the law of conservation of energy.
- Answer Key Included: Facilitates easy grading and allows students to check their answers independently.
- Printable PDF Format: Suitable for both in-person and distance learning.
Topics Covered:
- Gravitational Potential Energy (GPE): Calculating GPE and understanding its dependence on mass and height.
- Kinetic Energy (KE): Exploring the relationship between mass, velocity, and KE.
- Elastic Potential Energy (EPE): Understanding energy stored in deformed objects like rubber poppers.
- Energy Transformations: Analyzing how energy is transferred and transformed between GPE, KE, and EPE.
- Bounce Efficiency: Investigating the efficiency of energy transfer in bouncing objects.
Materials Needed:
- Rubber bouncy ball
- Rubber popper
- Cell phone or camera with slow-motion video capability (optional)
- 1-2 meter sticks
- Kitchen scale to measure mass
Additional Features:
- NGSS Standards Alignment: HS-PS3-2: Develop and use models to illustrate that energy at the macroscopic scale can be accounted for as a combination of energy associated with the motions of particles (objects) and energy associated with the relative position of particles (objects).
- Conclusion Questions: Helps students reflect on their findings and solidify their understanding of energy conservation principles.
Use this activity to provide a thorough exploration of the conservation of energy, helping students build a solid foundation in understanding these fundamental physics principles. Perfect for classroom use, homework assignments, or science projects, this resource is an invaluable addition to your high school physics curriculum.
Grade Levels: 9th - 12th
Subjects: Science, Physics
Standards: NGSS HS-PS3-2
Formats Included: Zip
Engage your high school students with this NGSS-aligned Conservation of Energy Exploration Activity for Grades 9-12. This hands-on activity allows students to investigate how energy is conserved in a system using simple household items. Through practical experiments and data analysis, students will gain a solid understanding of the principles of energy conservation, including gravitational potential energy (GPE), kinetic energy (KE), and elastic potential energy (EPE).
Key Features:
- Comprehensive Activity: Guides students through experiments with a bouncy ball and a rubber popper to explore energy transformations and conservation.
- Hands-On Learning: Encourages students to use simple household items to conduct experiments, fostering practical understanding.
- Data Analysis: Includes detailed procedures for measuring mass, calculating energy, and analyzing bounce efficiency.
- Educational Focus: Reinforces concepts of GPE, KE, EPE, and the law of conservation of energy.
- Answer Key Included: Facilitates easy grading and allows students to check their answers independently.
- Printable PDF Format: Suitable for both in-person and distance learning.
Topics Covered:
- Gravitational Potential Energy (GPE): Calculating GPE and understanding its dependence on mass and height.
- Kinetic Energy (KE): Exploring the relationship between mass, velocity, and KE.
- Elastic Potential Energy (EPE): Understanding energy stored in deformed objects like rubber poppers.
- Energy Transformations: Analyzing how energy is transferred and transformed between GPE, KE, and EPE.
- Bounce Efficiency: Investigating the efficiency of energy transfer in bouncing objects.
Materials Needed:
- Rubber bouncy ball
- Rubber popper
- Cell phone or camera with slow-motion video capability (optional)
- 1-2 meter sticks
- Kitchen scale to measure mass
Additional Features:
- NGSS Standards Alignment: HS-PS3-2: Develop and use models to illustrate that energy at the macroscopic scale can be accounted for as a combination of energy associated with the motions of particles (objects) and energy associated with the relative position of particles (objects).
- Conclusion Questions: Helps students reflect on their findings and solidify their understanding of energy conservation principles.
Use this activity to provide a thorough exploration of the conservation of energy, helping students build a solid foundation in understanding these fundamental physics principles. Perfect for classroom use, homework assignments, or science projects, this resource is an invaluable addition to your high school physics curriculum.
Update your location to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
NGSS HS-PS2-2
Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system. Emphasis is on the quantitative conservation of momentum in interactions and the qualitative meaning of this principle. Assessment is limited to systems of two macroscopic bodies moving in one dimension.
NGSS HS-PS3-1
Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the model. Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to thermal energy, kinetic energy, and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.
NGSS HS-PS2-1
Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. Assessment is limited to one-dimensional motion and to macroscopic objects moving at non-relativistic speeds. Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for objects subject to a net unbalanced force, such as a falling object, an object sliding down a ramp, or a moving object being pulled by a constant force.
NGSS HS-PS4-1
Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the earth. Assessment is limited to algebraic relationships and describing those relationships qualitatively.
NGSS HS-PS2-3
Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. Examples of evaluation and refinement could include determining the success of the device at protecting an object from damage and modifying the design to improve it. Examples of a device could include a football helmet or a parachute. Assessment is limited to qualitative evaluations and/or algebraic manipulations.
NGSS HS-PS2-2
Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system. Emphasis is on the quantitative conservation of momentum in interactions and the qualitative meaning of this principle. Assessment is limited to systems of two macroscopic bodies moving in one dimension.
NGSS HS-PS3-1
Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the model. Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to thermal energy, kinetic energy, and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.
NGSS HS-PS2-1
Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. Assessment is limited to one-dimensional motion and to macroscopic objects moving at non-relativistic speeds. Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for objects subject to a net unbalanced force, such as a falling object, an object sliding down a ramp, or a moving object being pulled by a constant force.
NGSS HS-PS4-1
Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the earth. Assessment is limited to algebraic relationships and describing those relationships qualitatively.
NGSS HS-PS2-3
Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. Examples of evaluation and refinement could include determining the success of the device at protecting an object from damage and modifying the design to improve it. Examples of a device could include a football helmet or a parachute. Assessment is limited to qualitative evaluations and/or algebraic manipulations.
Update your location to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
NGSS HS-PS2-2
Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system. Emphasis is on the quantitative conservation of momentum in interactions and the qualitative meaning of this principle. Assessment is limited to systems of two macroscopic bodies moving in one dimension.
NGSS HS-PS3-1
Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the model. Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to thermal energy, kinetic energy, and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.
NGSS HS-PS2-1
Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. Assessment is limited to one-dimensional motion and to macroscopic objects moving at non-relativistic speeds. Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for objects subject to a net unbalanced force, such as a falling object, an object sliding down a ramp, or a moving object being pulled by a constant force.
NGSS HS-PS4-1
Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the earth. Assessment is limited to algebraic relationships and describing those relationships qualitatively.
NGSS HS-PS2-3
Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. Examples of evaluation and refinement could include determining the success of the device at protecting an object from damage and modifying the design to improve it. Examples of a device could include a football helmet or a parachute. Assessment is limited to qualitative evaluations and/or algebraic manipulations.
NGSS HS-PS2-2
Use mathematical representations to support the claim that the total momentum of a system of objects is conserved when there is no net force on the system. Emphasis is on the quantitative conservation of momentum in interactions and the qualitative meaning of this principle. Assessment is limited to systems of two macroscopic bodies moving in one dimension.
NGSS HS-PS3-1
Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. Emphasis is on explaining the meaning of mathematical expressions used in the model. Assessment is limited to basic algebraic expressions or computations; to systems of two or three components; and to thermal energy, kinetic energy, and/or the energies in gravitational, magnetic, or electric fields.
NGSS HS-PS2-1
Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. Assessment is limited to one-dimensional motion and to macroscopic objects moving at non-relativistic speeds. Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for objects subject to a net unbalanced force, such as a falling object, an object sliding down a ramp, or a moving object being pulled by a constant force.
NGSS HS-PS4-1
Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the earth. Assessment is limited to algebraic relationships and describing those relationships qualitatively.
NGSS HS-PS2-3
Apply scientific and engineering ideas to design, evaluate, and refine a device that minimizes the force on a macroscopic object during a collision. Examples of evaluation and refinement could include determining the success of the device at protecting an object from damage and modifying the design to improve it. Examples of a device could include a football helmet or a parachute. Assessment is limited to qualitative evaluations and/or algebraic manipulations.