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Science (2015) Grade(s): 4

SC15.4.3
Investigate to determine changes in energy resulting from increases or decreases in speed that occur when objects collide.

Unpacked Content

Scientific and Engineering Practices

Planning and Carrying out Investigations

Crosscutting Concepts

Energy and Matter

Knowledge

Students know:

Qualitative measure of energy (e.g. relative motion, relative speed, relative brightness) before the collision.
Mechanism of energy transfer.
Energy can transfer between colliding objects.
Energy can transfer to the surrounding air when objects collide resulting in sound and heat.

Skills

Students are able to:

Plan and carry out an investigation to determine changes in energy that occur when objects collide.

Identify the evidence to address the purpose of the investigation.
Collect the data.

Use data to provide evidence that energy is present whenever there are moving objects, sound, light, or heat and that it can be transferred from place to place.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Energy can be transferred in various ways and between objects.

Vocabulary

collide
relative motion
relative speed
relative brightness
phenomenon
inertia
momentum

Aligned Learning Resources

Marble Coaster

Collision Course with Energy

Crash Test Dummies

Design by Adaptive Theme