Calculating Energy of a Hot Wheels Car
by Nicholas Williams
In this lesson students use a Pocketlab Voyager to collect data on a toy car as it goes down a track. Analysing the data, students calculate gravitational potential energy and Kinetic energy of the car.
Lesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KBAQvNpGsolspU5CDnP4jtaVn1MXPOep/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Physical Science P4: Energy Transfer Mathematics Measurement and Data (MD) Algebra (A)
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