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Angry Birds: Kinetic Power

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COMBINED RATING

4.4 Stars

TEACHERS (23)

4.6

STUDENTS (8032)

4.1

LENGTH

20 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

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Description

Play with Red in this Angry Birds game, and learn about kinetic energy.

Vocabulary Words

kinetic energy

work

force

distance

speed

mass

potential energy

sound

wave

electricity

electric energy

charges

thermal energy

mechanical energy

Joules

collision

KE = mv^2

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Kinetic Energy. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Energy is the ability to do work.

Kinetic energy exists in the form of sound energy when vibrations are transmitted as waves through materials.

Kinetic energy exists in the form of electrical energy in the motion of charged particles.

Work is the application of a force to move an object over a distance.

Kinetic energy exists in the form of mechanical energy in moving objects and systems.

Kinetic energy is the energy associated with the motion of matter.

The kinetic energy of an object is proportional to the square of its velocity.

The kinetic energy of an object is proportional to its mass.

Kinetic and potential energy can transform from one to the other as an object moves.

The greater the kinetic energy of a particle, the greater its capacity to do work/cause change in motion.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What is kinetic energy? What is work? What is required to do work on an object and cause it to move?

After the Game

What factors increased or decreased the amount of kinetic energy in the launched bird? How is kinetic energy affected by speed? How does the mass of the object affect the kinetic energy? How does potential energy get transferred into kinetic energy? How does the slingshot demonstrate both potential and kinetic energy? What different types of energy conversions did you observe in this game? What is the formula we use to calculate kinetic energy? What unit is used to express kinetic energy?