HS-PS3-2: Macroscopic Energy Due to Particle Position and Motion

Develop and use models to illustrate that energy at the macroscopic scale can be accounted for as a combination of energy associated with the motions of particles (objects) and energy associated with the relative positions of particles (objects). (Energy and Matter)

Clarification Statement: Examples of phenomena at the macroscopic scale could include the conversion of kinetic energy to thermal energy, the energy stored due to position of an object above the earth, and the energy stored between two electrically-charged plates. Examples of models could include diagrams, drawings, descriptions, and computer simulations.

Assessment Boundary: none


Science Practices
Developing and Using Models

Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS3.A: Definitions of Energy

Crosscutting Concepts
Energy and Matter



Assessments

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Instructional Resources

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Anchor Charts


Phenomena

 

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Common Core Connections

ELA/Literacy

  • SL.11-12.5 - Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.

Mathematics

  • MP.2 - Reason abstractly and quantitatively. 

  • MP.4 - Model with mathematics.


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