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This introductory energy unit will encourage students to think about the energy that things need to move. Students will explore how energy makes things go, from powering vehicles to moving one’s body. Students will experiment with rubber band racers to discover the relationship between how much energy is stored in a material and how much is released. They will investigate the role that hills play in making roller coasters move and the energy transfer that happens when two objects collide. Students will realize that thinking about the world in terms of energy helps them make sense of how and why things speed up and slow down. Hands-on activities focus on engineering, testing hypotheses and using results to develop their ideas.

Each bag includes:

• a #32 rubber band (i.e. ⅛” wide)
• a paper cup (8 oz cups are a good size)
• two disposable plastic cup lids with straw slot in the middle
• a pencil or pen
• a toothpick
• a plastic straw
• 2 pony beads (9mm size)
• a large paper clip
• a 1” x 1” cardboard square

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