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Getting Energized

From The Magic School Bus · 1995

Getting Energized
26 min2nd3rd4th5thScience
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Summary

The class runs an amusement park and has to keep the power on. They learn how energy changes from one form to another to do work.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

The class runs an amusement park and has to keep the power on.

  1. Where does the energy to run a ride come from?
  2. Can energy change from one kind to another? How?
  3. What happens when a source of energy runs out?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: energy, electricity, power.

Try it: Trace the energy in a flashlight from battery to light.