Webquest on Motion and Forces-Simple Machines and Potential and Kinetic Energy

Webquest on motion and forces-simple machines and potential and kinetic energy

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6th Science—Mrs. Tara Copas / Mr. Mike Elrod All of the weblinks can be found by going to the Monroe County Middle School website and clicking on “teacher website” on the left of the page. Then scroll down and click on “Copas, Tara”. Go to “sixth science” on the left side and click. Scroll down to “files” on lower right side of page. Find “Motion and forces: webquest” OR Go to and click on “lesson plans” at the upper left hand side of page and scroll down to today’s date. There you will find all of the websites. (hit “control” then left click at same time to go to the website)

SIMPLE MACHINES “Edheads: Simple Machines”: http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.htm and click on “click here to start”. If this does not work, click on “download the latest Flash plug-in here” below. Click on the “Tool Shed”. Click on “start”. Name the simple machines that each of the following compound machines consist of: Wheelbarrow: 1. Drill: 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. Stapler: 1. Can opener 2. 1. 2. 3. 4.

Potential and kinetic energy

Go to website on roller coasters: http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/roller-coaster3.htm

Read the article “How roller coasters work” and follow the directions in the article to play the animation of the roller coaster.

What is potential energy?______

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What is kinetic energy?______

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Answer the following questions about points W, X, Y, and Z in the drawing of the following roller coaster.

At which points is potential energy high and kinetic energy low?______and ______

At which points is kinetic energy high and potential energy low?______and ______

Which point has the highest potential energy?______

Which point has the highest kinetic energy?______

Find your weight on other worlds The amount of gravity in other worlds does not change our mass—only our weight. Go to the following web address: http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/ . You should be at the “Your weight on other worlds” web page. Enter your weight in the box and click “calculate”. List your weights on other worlds as follows: 1. Mercury ______2. Venus ______3. the Moon ______4. Mars ______