Summary
Have you got potential? We think so! Potential energy is all around you—and even within you. But all that potential doesn’t stay stored away forever. Whenever there’s movement, it’s because potential energy is being transformed into kinetic energy. Press “play” to find out what it means when something has potential energy, and what gravity has to do with it. There’s enough fun in here to make you potentially obsessed!
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
A few questions to talk through after watching Potential Energy:
- What is one new thing you learned about potential energy?
- Can you explain it to a partner in your own words?
- Where might you see this in the real world?
- What is one question you still have?
Quick work-a-long
Try it:
- Write one sentence explaining potential energy.
- Draw or give one example of your own.