Description

Kinetic & Potential Energy Activities & Reading Passages for Google Classroom

Kinetic and Potential Energy Passages & Activities Includes the Following Google Slides:

• Drag-&-drop: match the vocabulary and definition (kinetic energy and potential energy)
• Drag-&-drop: identify if each picture shows kinetic energy or potential energy
• Short answer: look at the baseball player pictures and identify what type of energy is shown and how you know
• Short answer: look at the picture and describe why the picture shows potential energy
• Drag-&-drop: compare kinetic and potential energy

Why Teachers Love these Kinetic & Potential Energy Activities:

• No Prep: Ready-to-assign on Google Classroom™ or platforms like Canvas or Schoology.
• Engaging & Interactive: Includes drag-and-drop tasks, visual prompts, and short-answer questions.
• Flexible Use: Perfect for independent practice, science centers, or early finishers.
• Real-World Connections: Encourages students to apply their knowledge of energy transformations to practical scenarios.

Ideal For:

• Introducing Energy Concepts: Simplifies teaching the differences and relationships between kinetic and potential energy.
• Independent Work: Students complete interactive activities at their own pace.
• Science Centers: Digital, hands-on tasks make learning about energy engaging.
• Early Finishers: Keeps learners busy with meaningful, self-checking tasks.
• Sub Plans: Stress-free, ready-to-go activities for substitute days.
• Assessment Prep: Reinforces energy concepts for quizzes and tests.

Standards Covered:

• SOL 5.3
  • The student will investigate and understand that there is a relationship between force and energy of moving objects. Key ideas include a) moving objects have kinetic energy; b) motion is described by an object’s direction and speed; c) changes in motion are related to net force and mass; d) when objects collide, the contact forces transfer energy and can change objects’ motion; and e) friction is a force that opposes motion.