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[] Link to a rube Goldberg game [] link to energy skate park Ideas: Mechanical energy- domino chain, toy car across track, Starting with a marble set
 * Mechanical energy** is energy that is associated with the motion or position of an object. Mechanical energy can occur as kinetic energy or potential energy.
 * Thermal energy** is the total amount of particles in an object. When the thermal energy of an object increases, its particles move faster, making it feel warm to the touch.
 * chemical energy** is potential energy stored in chemical bonds that hold chemical bonds together. Chemical energy is stored in the foods that you eat and in a match that you use to light a candle.
 * Electrical energy** is moving electric charges produce electricity.
 * Electromagnetic energy** the light you see each day is a form of this.
 * Nuclear energy** another type of potential energy. It is stored in to core of the nucleus, of an atom.

Electrical energy- blowing something over with a fan, Ball pushing button on fan, Electrical train track

Chemical energy- to start the chain

Thermal energy- something that makes friction, Making a skateboard roll with something on top of it,

Acoustic energy- sound to knock something down a ramp, something to move around and hit metal to make sound.

Electromagnetic energy- use a light to reflect off a mirror

Plan for Friday building:

Ben: dominoes, funnel, train set, small fan, balls, marbles

Emily: String, bucket, hot wheel cars, heavy books, hand stamp

Our flashlight from the flashlight lab did work and had an on/off switch. The chemical energy and main power source from the battery. Then the chemical power would travel through the wires as electrical energy and through the flashlight. then the copper wires connected with the light, and produced thermal and electromagnetic energy. Then it would travel to the bottom where you used mechanical energy to turn the light on and off by pressing the bottom.

Today we saw Kinetic energy in the skatepark where the skater was at the top of the ramp had the most potential energy. At the bottom of the ramp had the maximum kinetic energy. When the skater was coming down off of the ramp from the top he had 50% of kinetic and 50% of potential energy.

Energy is never lost or destroyed, but an object can lose energy, this happens because of earth's gravitationl pull, so without gravity, objects will move forever through space.



Our contraption started with blowing a book with a 1-pound dumbell on it. The book fell on a tambourine and made it ring. Then he Dumbell rolled across the table into a papertowl roll knocking that into a wheel, which ran into a coat hanger balancing on dominoes. The hanger slid down the string with the sticker on it. There were small bliking lights on the books for electromagnetic energy.