Only two weeks left in the quint! We will be learning a bit about different forms of energy, and how they change forms. You will also be gaining an understanding of the magnitudes of different energies...how much energy does a light bulb use? Which state in the US uses the most energy? How energy efficient is our new building? These are sometimes difficult questions to answer, but we will try to learn some of the terminology and get some practical knowledge in the next two weeks.
First up: pie charts! You can go to this simulation (run in html) to see how the energy changes at a skateboard park: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park-basics. Click on the "pie chart" or "bar graph" to see a visual of the energy transformations.
We worked on making our own pie charts today. Here is the document we used.
