Why should be one of our Energy Ten Great Ideas? Be prepared to be surprised. Because it is the glue that ties all of science together. Because nobody knows what energy actually is. Because while Energy does get a mention in our Junior Cert Leaving Cert Science textbooks, there and is no attempt to state its centrality in all of science how it is the one concept that ties everything else – together and how nobody knows what energy actually is. – At the end of this lesson students should be able to do the following that most of the energy in the universe is missing State why energy is such a single concept in Science State why energy is such a difficult concept to understand Explain the analogy between energy and Activities Energy conversions Large Pendulum (hanging from teacher’s desk) Resources Youtube Test Questions Work force x distance – Example The Principle of Conservation of Energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can only be converted from one form to another. hardest to It’s not tangible. Words, Science and Learning, - quote p.64 Energy and Food Calories Physics article - Crease History of Energy Einstein mass can Atomic bomb. – ‘disappear’. 90% bulbs Perpetual Motion See energy clips in thephysicsteacher Cold fusion
Why should Energy be one of our Ten Great Ideas? Be prepared to be surprised. Because it is the glue that ties all of science together. Because nobody knows what energy actually is. Because while Energy does get a mention in our Junior Cert and Leaving Cert Science textbooks, there is no attempt to state its centrality in all of science – how it is the one concept that ties everything else together – and how nobody knows what energy actually is. At the end of this lesson students should be able to do the following that most of the energy in the universe is missing State why energy is such a single concept in Science State why energy is such a difficult concept to understand Explain the analogy between energy and Activities Energy conversions Large Pendulum (hanging from teacher’s desk) Resources Youtube Test Questions Work – force x distance Example The Principle of Conservation of Energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can only be converted from one form to another. hardest to It’s not tangible. Words, Science and Learning, - quote p.64 Energy and Food Calories Physics article - Crease History of Energy Einstein – mass can ‘disappear’. Atomic bomb. 90% bulbs Perpetual Motion See energy clips in thephysicsteacher Cold fusion
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