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Work, force, and energy

From The Dr. Binocs Show · 2019

Work, force, and energy
6 min3rd4th5thScience
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Summary

Dr. Binocs explains forces, work, and energy and how a push or pull can change an object's motion. Strong support for a forces-and-motion unit.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Dr.

  1. What is a force?
  2. How can a push or pull change how something moves?
  3. Where does the energy to move things come from?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: force, work, energy, motion.

Try it: Push and pull a classroom object and describe the force and the motion you see.