Unit 8!
Today's lesson was still on work and energy!
This is a picture of my little cousin playing with a stuffed animal. She was tossing it up in the air and catching it! This simple act of tossing the stuffed animal into the air is actually an example of how physics is in the world around me! When tossing the Piglet doll in the air, my little cousin is putting kinetic energy into the doll and the doll is gaining potential energy. Potential energy is the energy an object COULD have and it increases as the height increases. When Piglet reaches the top of its path, he loses kinetic energy and has the most potential energy. But because of gravity, what goes up must come down. As Piglet falls, he begins to gain kinetic energy and lose potential. During the whole toss, the amount of energy there is stays consistent. However, it is either in kinetic or potential energy.
I like how your description of the different types of energy acting upon piglet is simple! :)
ReplyDelete