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Unit: Introduction to energy
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About this unit
We know how it feels to be energetic—but what is energy exactly, and how we can investigate it? Learn about the theory of energy, the different macroscopic forms it takes, and how the forms of energy are tied together at the microscopic scale.Energy. It's everything. Seriously.
NGSS:
HS‑PS3‑1
, HS‑PS3‑2
, HS‑PS3.A.2
, HS‑PS3.A
, HS‑PS3
Practice
- Understand: introduction to energyGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Heat. Light. Motion. Are these all really the same thing?
NGSS:
HS‑PS3‑2
, HS‑PS3‑3
, HS‑PS3‑4
, HS‑PS3.A.1
, HS‑PS3.A.3
, HS‑PS3.A
, HS‑PS3.D.1
, HS‑PS3.D
, HS‑PS3
Practice
- Understand: forms of energyGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Why do magnets feel stronger when you hold them closer together?
NGSS:
HS‑PS3‑5
, HS‑PS3.C.1
, HS‑PS3.C
, HS‑PS3
Practice
- Understand: energy and fieldsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
We explain everything else at the microscopic level, why not energy?
NGSS:
HS‑PS3‑2
, HS‑PS3.A.4
, HS‑PS3.A
, HS‑PS3
Practice
- Understand: energy at the microscopic scaleGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
- Apply: energy at the microscopic scaleGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
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