This year in school we are using Layers of Learning year 4. Weeks nine and ten of school we did unit 5. Our science topic was energy conversion.
We learned about what energy types there are along the way from sun to food.
We traced the path of solar energy to television power.
We learned how a Newton’s Cradle works and played with one.
We dropped two balls, a small one on top of a big one, to demonstrate how the energy in the big ball (that hit the ground first) magnifies the energy in the small ball.
We made a quick energy drink and talked about how it changes type of energy in your body.
We played a quiz game about energy conversion.
We caused various collisions with little cars.
We watched a YouTube video of a car accident in slow motion.
We learned about what collisions mean scientifically.
We watched a clip from Sesame Street about a kinetic artist. The boys were a little freaked out by the monsters. I always forget they didn’t watch Sesame Street when they were little.
We watched a couple OK Go videos including one with a Rube Goldberg machine.
Smaller on the Outside 