the sum of her energies is constant."
This week, our Grade 5/6 learners deepened their understanding of energy by sharing the stories of energy transfers and transforms that they made last week. The students enthusiastically presented their own ideas with classmates. This sharing helped us uncover some common misconceptions and guided our learning focus. We discovered that by concentrating on just one object per story, we can clearly track how potential energy changes whenever that object moves—and especially into what forms it transforms.
Our class discussion deepened our understanding of potential and kinetic energy. Together, we explored how factors such as the position of an object, its mass, gravitational force, and magnetic force all influence these energies. This helped students see energy as something dynamic and connected to real-world forces.
Afterwards, I introduced a new challenge: focusing on a resource we use every day—the light bulb. I pressed the switch multiple times, turning the light on and off, and asked the students, "We know energy makes the light bulb turn on, but where does this energy come from? It doesn’t come from my finger!" This sparked curiosity and a lively conversation about the source of energy.
Using the Snap Circuits kit, the children worked together to create 'electricity stories' that explain how we can power a light bulb. Through hands-on exploration, they discovered that motion and light (using a solar panel) can make the light bulb glow. Most excitingly, they identified natural elements that can power a light bulb: wind, flowing water, heat, and sunlight.
It was wonderful to see their curiosity, teamwork, and understanding grow as they connected science concepts to everyday life and the natural world around them.
Have a wonderful long weekend to all of you.
Your homeroom teacher,
Ms. Pam
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