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Lesson 80 of 84 ยท Light and Sound

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What Engineers Do (Part 4)

What Engineers Do (Part 4)
๐ŸงชLab Brief #80

Light and Sound.

๐ŸŽฏ Your mission

Push the limits. See what changes.

โšก The twist

Energy never disappears โ€” it just hides somewhere else.

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Mind = Blown

๐ŸŽข You feel weightless on a roller coaster because you and the seat are falling at the same speed.

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Make a hypothesis first

Before you start: which will move faster, and why?

What You'll Learn

An investigation is a careful study to answer a question. What would you like to investigate?

Key Words

  • try again
  • observe

Steps

Step 1 โ€” Read

Talk about what you already know about Light and Sound.

Step 2 โ€” Do

Design a container that keeps an ice cube from melting for as long as possible.

Step 3 โ€” Observe

Compare what happened to what you predicted.

Step 4 โ€” Record

Tell the class one thing you learned today.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Why do scientists compare things?

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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

โ€œShow me something at home that uses this kind of energy.โ€

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Next Smart Experiment

We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.

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