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Lesson⭐ 30 XP⚡ Spark Lab

Springs Store Energy

🧪Lab Brief #20

Springs Store Energy.

🎯 Your mission

Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.

⚡ The twist

Speed isn't the same as force. Don't mix them up.

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Mind = Blown

⚡ Static electricity is the same physics as lightning, just smaller.

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Make a hypothesis first

Guess: where does the energy go?

What You'll Learn

Springs store energy when you squish or stretch them. When you let go, they bounce back!

Key Words

Tap a word to see its definition.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Look at the new words. Can you say each one?

Step 2 — Observe

Watch carefully. What happens?

Step 3 — Record

Draw and write about what you learned.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What does a spring do when you let it go?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

This is why airplanes can fly and why rockets reach space.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

This week, find one thing in your house that turns one kind of energy into another.

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For the dinner table

“Show me something at home that uses this kind of energy.”

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