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Science / Year 8 / Science understanding / Physical sciences
Curriculum content descriptions
classify different types of energy as kinetic or potential and investigate energy transfer and transformations in simple systems (AC9S8U05)
Elaborations
- investigating relationships between kinetic and potential energy in a simple system such as a roller-coaster or Newton’s cradle
- classifying types of energy as either kinetic energy such as movement, heat and electricity or potential energy such as chemical, elastic and gravitational
- critiquing and using representations such as flow diagrams to illustrate changes between different forms of energy in a system
- identifying where heat energy is produced as a by-product of energy transfer, such as filament light globes, exercise, and battery charging and use
- using electrical circuits and components to demonstrate electrical energy transfer and its transformation into heat, light and sound
- observing a Rube Goldberg machine and identifying the energy transfers and transformations involved
- investigating traditional fire-starting methods used by First Nations Australians and their understandings of the transformation of energy
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Potential energy, Kinetic energy, Energy conversion