Science Curriculum

7th Grade

Course Purpose:

 Seventh grade students will apply earth/space science, life science, and physical science principles to precisely define the world they see.

Outcomes and Components:

SC.7.6 Students will characterize the relationship between potential and kinetic energy and describe how it is expressed in observed motion, speed, and acceleration.

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Standard(s)
  SC.7.6.1 Identify various forms of potential energy (elastic, gravity, static). MS-PS3-2
  SC.7.6.2 Define potential energy and model how interacting objects at different distances change the potential energy stored in that system. MS-PS3-2
  SC.7.6.3 Mathematically model and describe the relationship between speed, mass, and kinetic energy.

MS-PS2-2

MS-PS3-1
  SC.7.6.4 Relate kinetic energy to everyday activities (roller coasters, falling objects, hockey, marbles). MS-PS3-1
  SC.7.6.5 Describe and model the changes and relationship between kinetic energy and potential energy in a pendulum. MS-PS3-2
  SC.7.6.6 Describe the transfer of kinetic energy into thermal energy and/or sound. MS-PS3-5

Academic Vocabulary:  Identify, compare, contrast, define, relate, differentiate, model, transfer

Content Vocabulary: kinetic energy, potential energy, energy, gravitational potential energy, mechanical energy, internal kinetic energy, external kinetic energy of a pendulum, thermal energy, work, law of conservation of energy, pendulum