In this hands-on activity - rolling a ball down an incline and having it collide into a cup - the concepts of mechanical energy, work and power, momentum, and friction are all demonstrated. During the activity, students take measurements and use equations that describe these energy of motion concepts to calculate unknown variables, and review the relationships between these concepts.

Concepts

engineering, friction, kinetic energy, mechanical energy, momentum, potential energy, stem

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Additional Tags

integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, force and motion

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)