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Unit Essential Question: How can people obtain the energy we use from nature?

Lesson	Title	Objective	Essential Question		NYS Related Standards	Hands On	Power of Physical Science
1	Introduction	Students will demonstrate their understanding that energy is the ability to do work and to cause change.	What is energy?
2	PE vs. KE	Students will demonstrate an understanding of the difference between stored energy (PE) and energy of motion (KE) by their ability to identify examples of PE and KE and to describe that energy is changed from PE to KE in a rubber band car.	What’s the difference between PE and KE?	Physical Setting Standards: 4.1d, 4.4	ELA Standards: 1, 3	Students use a K'Nex rubber band car and test the relationship between the PE and KE.	Video - KE vs PE
3	Electricity	Students learn about electricity through the experimentation with open and closed circuits and with Farada