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Unit: Modeling energy

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Calculating energy

Push down on a spring until you can't anymore; how much energy is stored in there?
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HS‑PS3‑1
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HS‑PS3.B.3
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HS‑PS3.B
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Energy in systems

If energy can't be destroyed, then how come I'm so tired all the time?
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HS‑PS3‑4
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HS‑PS3.B.1
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HS‑PS3.B.2
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HS‑PS3.B.3
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HS‑PS3.B
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HS‑PS3

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Quiz 1

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Predictions using energy

Energy can't be created or destroyed, but it's also not limitless: a bouncing ball can't bounce forever!
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HS‑PS3.B.3
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HS‑PS3.B.4
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HS‑PS3.B.5
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HS‑PS3.B
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HS‑PS3

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Thermodynamics

Fighting the inevitable—why does your dinner get cold and your ice cream melt?
NGSS:
HS‑PS3‑4
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HS‑PS3.B.5
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HS‑PS3.B
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HS‑PS3

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Quiz 2

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Unit test

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About this unit

This unit explores how energy can be used to mathematically model systems. Learn about how the energy of an object or system can be calculated and how that information can be used to predict how systems will behave.