Unit 7 · Energy in Daily Life

Energy in Daily Life Presentation

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Science and Technology, Class 6

Energy in Daily Life

Energy and its forms · Heat, light and sound · Unit: the joule (J)

What We Will Learn Today

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What energy is and the forms it takes

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How one form of energy changes into another

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How heat flows and which objects absorb most

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Light goes straight, so shadows and images form

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Sound comes from vibration and needs a medium

The Two Kinds of Mechanical Energy

🏹Potential energy
Stored by position or a change of shape
Can be there even when nothing moves
A stretched catapult, water behind a dam
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🏃Kinetic energy
Produced by the motion of the object
The object must actually be moving
Running water, a bird in flight

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Presenter notes: Ask the class to name three things they have done since morning. Lead them to see that each one needed something behind it, and open the lesson there.