3rd-+purple+JB+lovers-+Samme+Lauren

3rd- purple JB lovers- Samme and Lauren **Samme moved right around starting time so I moved to Ally and Elaine's group but kept my own page, so see their page for further detail***

-the two general kinds of energy are potential energy and kinetic energy -**work** can be described as the transfer of energy because the object upon the work is done gains energy
 * energy- ** energy is the ability to do work or cause a change

-**potential energy** is stored but is ready to be used, so it has the //potential// to do work -**kinetic energy** is the energy of motion

inside these different types of energy are different forms of energy: -**mechanical energy** is energy that is associated with the movement or position of an object a frog leaping is an example of mechanical energy -**thermal energy** is the total energy of particles in an object, when these particles increase they move faster, increasing the temperature of the object ice cream melting is an example of thermal energy -**chemical energy** is potential energy stored in chemical bonds that chemical compounds together batteries producing electricity is an example of chemical energy -**electrical energy** is when electrical charges move, producing electricity batteries running a radio is an example of electrical energy -**electromagnetic energy** is waves of electric and magnetic energy flowing together ultraviolet radiation is an example of electromagnetic energy -**nuclear energy** is stored in the nucleus of an atom nuclear fision is when a nucleus splits- used in power plants to produce electricity nuclear fusion is when nuclei fuse together- occurs in sun and other stars

**IDEAS:**
thermal- electromagnetic- chemical- acoustic- mechanical- electrical-
 * flashlight
 * christmas lights
 * fire
 * have flashlight turn on
 * fire
 * christmas lights
 * magnets attracting eachother
 * anything batery powered
 * glowstick
 * something eating something
 * have something hit button on cellphone to make it vibrate
 * guitar strings being plucked
 * ipod playing
 * ball rolling
 * Newton's Cradle
 * dominoes
 * magnets moving towards eachother
 * hair dryer
 * something plugged into an outlet
 * battery powered car

Design:
 * Our PLAN :) **


 * **The person will push the push here button (using Mechanical Energy) **
 * **The cylinder attached to the push here button will move down and hit the forward button a remote control car (Mechanical Energy, GPE, and elcetromagnetic waver from the antenna of the remote to the car) **
 * **The remote control car will move forward, and push forward a wooden block (Chemical energy-batteries, Electrical energy-circut inside the car, Mechanical energy-the car moving forward) **
 * **The wooden block hit by the remote control car will move forward, and push a tennis ball down a cardboard ramp. (Mechanical energy) **
 * **The tennis ball will hit the edge of a clipboard resting at the end of the board of wood (Mechanical and Acoustic energy) **
 * **The clipboard will slant forward (Mechanical Energy) **
 * **A small truck will be resting on the clipboard, and will roll forward when the clipboard slants forward (Mechanical energy) **
 * **The small truck will roll forward for about 3 feet (Mechanical energy) **
 * **The small truck will run into caculators, causing it to stop moving. **
 * **The stopped car will have a sticker on the car that will be grabbed by the child, completing the transferres of energy! **


 * this was copied from Ally's and Elaine's page because I am now working in their group and not Samme's anymore since she moved, but I still have my own page and this is the page which you will be grading me on but not Ally and Elaine!!! this is all 3 of ours plan though!!! :) **

Energy Track: I learned that in a closed bubble, the marbles on the track would go on forever. This is because there is no friction in a bubble. Frcition is where some of the energy is lost as useless sound or heat energy, stopping the marbles. This proves the Law of Conservation of Energy is true-that energy is neither lost nor destoyed-just transferred as by products of energy that we sometimes don't notice.
 * the marble has the most potential energy at the top of the track
 * the marble has most kinetic energy at the bottom of the track

Flashlight Lab: mechanical: turning the switch on and off chemical: the battery powering the light electormagnetic: when the light is on it produces light thermal: the light produces some thermal energy and as the battery produces electrical energy, it heats up the flashlight electrical: the battery send elctrical energy through the wires to the light, turning it on

Links: [] this is a really good website that has a lot of good information about what is energy, renewable and nonrenewable energy, energy basics, energy calculators, energy games, energy unit basics, and a periodic table!!!

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