So, this was an interesting day--another chance to look at inertia with the jenga blocks, but mostly a chance to look at energy transformations. Energy comes in many flavors, so to speak, electromagnetic, kinetic, potential, chemical, thermal, electrical, and many others. Each form can become the other forms, and understanding this is an important leap for all students of science. But it is not an easy one. We spent some time looking at how the energy from the sun becomes the energy we need to turn a page in a book. Most students were able to come to the understanding that photosynthesis is part of this, a very important part. Without it, we'd have almost nothing to show for all that energy that hits the earth.
Sweet justice.
