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Unit: Modeling energy

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How high can you jump on that trampoline? Sure, you could just start hopping around, but physics gives us a safer option. Use your knowledge of energy, you can mathematically model energy of an object or system, such as a spring, to predict how systems will behave.
Push down on a spring until you can't anymore; how much energy is stored in there?
NGSS:
HS‑PS3‑1
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HS‑PS3.B.3
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HS‑PS3.B
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HS‑PS3
If energy can't be destroyed, then how come I'm so tired all the time?
NGSS:
HS‑PS3‑1
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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

Practice

Level up on the above skills and collect up to 240 Mastery points
Energy can't be created or destroyed, but it's also not limitless: a bouncing ball can't bounce forever!
NGSS:
HS‑PS3‑1
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HS‑PS3‑4
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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
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
Level up on the above skills and collect up to 320 Mastery points
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Unit test

Level up on all the skills in this unit and collect up to 700 Mastery points!