Energy is everywhere around us! It helps things heat up and can make things glow to give us light. All the gadgets we use, like phones and computers, need energy to work. But where does this energy come from?
Some energy comes from deep inside the Earth. We dig deep holes to get oil and gas. We also dig to find coal and uranium. Coal is a black rock that can be burned to make fire, while uranium is a special metal that gets very hot as it breaks down.
We take these materials to power plants. There, coal and uranium are used as fuel to heat water and create steam. This steam spins a big fan called a turbine, which generates electricity.
The sun is another source of energy. Its light is warm and bright. We can use mirrors to focus the sun’s heat onto a single point to create steam. We can also use solar panels to capture sunlight and turn it into electricity, but this only works when the sun is shining.
We can get energy from the wind too! Wind blows through big fans called wind turbines to generate electricity. When wind blows over the ocean, it creates waves, and we can capture that energy as well. Water can store energy, so we build large dams to hold water in big lakes. We let the water out through a turbine to generate more electricity. The sun heats the water, creating clouds, and then the rain fills the lake with more water.
All the electricity from these sources is collected at power stations. From there, long power lines bring the electricity to your house. We’re always thinking of new ways to get energy. Thanks to energy from deep in the earth, high in the sky, and around us in water and air, we can light up large cities and power planes, cars, and boats.
Isaac Newton was a smart man who loved to watch how things move. He came up with three simple laws to explain this:
An object will stay still unless something pushes or pulls on it. An object that is moving will keep moving until something makes it stop.
The harder you push or pull something, the faster it will move. If an object is heavy, you have to push or pull much harder to make it move.
When you push on something, it pushes back just as much. That’s why we don’t fall through the floor; our feet push on the floor, and the floor pushes back on us.
Here are some other interesting forces:
Friction is the force between two objects that makes it harder to move them. It’s why things don’t slide around too easily.
A boat pushes on the water, and the water pushes back on the boat, making it float.
This force pushes outward on an object moving in a curve, like a roller coaster going around a loop.
This force makes an object move in a curved path, like a swing.
The wings on an airplane change the direction of the air. This creates a force called lift, which helps airplanes fly.
When a rocket launches into space, the force coming out creates an equal force in the opposite direction, called thrust.
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Energy Detective: Go on a scavenger hunt around your home to find different sources of energy. Look for things that use electricity, like lamps and TVs, and things that use other types of energy, like a gas stove or a solar-powered calculator. Make a list of what you find and discuss with a grown-up how each item gets its energy. Can you think of ways to save energy at home?
Build a Simple Wind Turbine: With the help of an adult, create a simple wind turbine using a small fan, a paper cup, and some string. Cut the paper cup into blades and attach them to the fan. Hang the fan in a breezy spot and watch how the wind makes it spin. Discuss how wind turbines work to generate electricity and think about where you see wind turbines in real life.
Newton’s Motion Experiment: Try a fun experiment to understand Newton’s First Law. Place a small toy car on a smooth surface and give it a gentle push. Observe how it moves and stops. Now, place a piece of cloth or a rough surface in its path and push the car again. Discuss how friction affects the car’s movement and how this relates to Newton’s First Law of Motion.
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Energy is all around us. It makes things heat up and can make things glow to give us light. All the gadgets we depend on need energy to work, but where does that energy come from? Some forms of energy come from deep within the ground. We pump oil and gas out of deep holes that we drill. We dig under the ground to find coal and uranium. Coal is a black rock that can be used to make fire, while uranium is a radioactive metal that gets very hot as it decays.
We process these materials and bring them to a power plant. Both coal and uranium can be used as fuel to heat water and create steam. The steam goes through a fan called a turbine to generate electricity.
The sun is another source of energy. The light from the sun is very warm and bright. We can use mirrors to focus the heat onto a single point to create steam. We can also use solar panels to absorb the light and generate electricity, although this only works during the day.
We can also get energy from the wind. The wind blows through big fans called wind turbines that generate electricity. When wind blows over the ocean, it creates waves, and we can capture that energy too. Water can store energy, and we make large dams to hold water in big lakes. We let the water out through a turbine to generate more electricity. The sun heats the water, creating clouds, and then the rain fills the lake with more water.
All of the electricity from these sources gets collected at power stations. From there, long power lines bring the electricity to your house. We’re always thinking of new ways to get energy. Thanks to energy from deep in the earth, high in the sky, and around us in water and air, we can light up large cities and power planes, cars, and boats.
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Isaac Newton was a man who liked to watch the world around him. He noticed that everything could be explained by three simple laws:
1. **Newton’s First Law (Inertia)**: An object will stay still unless something pushes or pulls on it. An object that is moving will keep moving until something makes it stop.
2. **Newton’s Second Law (Force = Mass x Acceleration)**: The harder you push or pull something, the faster it will move. When an object is heavy, you have to push or pull much harder to make it move.
3. **Newton’s Third Law**: When you push on something, it pushes back just as much. That’s why we don’t fall through the floor; our feet push on the floor, and the floor pushes back on us.
These three laws can be used to explain how things will move when we apply a force.
**Friction**: Sometimes it is hard to move things. Friction is the force between two objects that resists motion, making it harder to move.
**Buoyancy**: A boat pushes on the water, and the water pushes back on the boat, making it float.
**Centrifugal Force**: A centrifugal force pushes outward on an object moving in a curve, like a roller coaster going around a loop.
**Centripetal Force**: A centripetal force makes an object move in a curved path, like a swing.
**Lift**: The wings on an airplane change the direction of the air. Changing direction means a force is pushing on the air, and the air pushes back on the wings, creating lift. That’s why airplanes can fly.
**Thrust**: When a rocket launches into space, the force coming out creates an equal force in the opposite direction, called thrust.
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