Engineers and Energy

Purpose:  To learn about potential and kinetic energy and go through the engineering design process.

Learning Objectives:

  1. To understand energy is invisible and can be considered to be either kinetic or potential.
  2. Potential energy is stored energy.
  3. Kinetic energy is energy possessed by a moving object.
  4. To go through the steps of the engineering design process. 
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