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Energy Transfer Diagram 🍡
See exactly how energy stored in a stretched rubber band becomes a flying marshmallow — this diagram shows every step of the energy transfer!
Quick Info 📋
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File Type
PDF!
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Pages
📄 1 page
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Time
⏱️ Keep it forever!
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Kid-Safe
Yes!
See What's Inside 👀
Preview pages
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Step 1 — Pull back the spoon: Elastic Potential Energy stored!
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Step 2 — Let go: Energy converts to Kinetic Energy!
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Step 3 — The marshmallow flies! Kinetic Energy in action!
What's Included 📦
Everything you need
✓ 3-step energy transfer diagram!
✓ Elastic Potential Energy illustrated!
✓ Kinetic Energy illustrated!
✓ Catapult labeled with every part!
✓ Easy to Print!
How to Use 🎯
Different ways to enjoy
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At Home!
Complete this diagram after building the catapult — use it to explain to a family member how the energy transfer works!
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In Class!
Perfect as a post-experiment reflection sheet for a forces and energy unit!
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Science Talk!
Point to each step in the diagram while watching the catapult launch and narrate what's happening in your own words!
What Kids Will Learn 📚
Science + Art
Skills We're Building! 💪
🌟 Elastic Potential Energy!
🌟 Kinetic Energy!
🌟 How Energy Changes Form!
🌟 Forces and Motion!
🌟 Science Vocabulary!
What You Need🎒
Just a few things
→ A Printer! 🖨️
→ Crayons to color the diagram! 🖍️
→ Your Catapult (from the activity)! 🍡
For Grown-Ups 👨👩👧
Tips and ideas
👨👩👧 Parent Tips!
After building and launching the catapult, sit with this diagram and trace through the steps together with your finger.
Ask: 'Where is the energy hiding when the spoon is pulled back? Where does it go when you let go?'
This is one of the most powerful energy concepts in all of K-2 science, and having a physical diagram to trace makes it much stickier.
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🏫 Teacher Guide!
Perfect for a K-3 energy and forces unit! Standards: NGSS K-PS2-1, NGSS 3-PS2-1.
The 3-step diagram format mirrors the language of scientific explanation: before, during, and after. Students can annotate the diagram with their own words for an extended writing activity.