Grade 8 Science – Sir Joshua

Get your mass. Write it on your

notebook
Define a law of motion, then call
someone to give an example.
Continue doing so until we
complete the 3 laws of motion
● Work is Transfer of
Energy
● This occurs when an
object moves from one
place to another
● Work can be done by you, and
on you.
● Work is a measure of
expended energy
● Machines make work easy.
 A mouse pushing a piece
of cheese with its nose
across the floor?

A teacher, standing
and lecturing to their
class
 A scientist sitting in the
laboratory while
studying their specimen

A weightlifter lifting
the a 350 pound
barbel above their
head
 W = Fd

Where:
W = Work
F = Force
d = Displacement
● The unit for work is Joule
(after British physicist,
James Prescott joules)
● 1 Nm = 1 J
● What is the direction of the
force?
● What is the direction of the
motion>
● Is the force negative, zero,
or positive?
You push a Book 1.50 m along a horizontal tabletop with a
horizontal push of 2.40N while the opposing force of
friction is 0.60N. How much work did you do on the book?
How much work did the friction do on the book?
Determine whether work is done in
each scenario. Determine which of
the entities is doing work
A woman leaning on
the wall
A child going up the
stairs with his bag

A runner finishing a
100m-dash

A senior citizen waiting

under the bus stop
The wind blowing a
balloon away
The ocean waves pushing
the boat off the dock

The extension cord

hanging from the tv

A teacher lifting books

 • Worksheet #1
• Worksheet #2
• Fbd assignment
• Short test 1 and 2
Grade 8 Science – Sir Joshua
Get your mass. Write it on your
notebook
Give scenarios in your daily life
that demonstrate work being
done.
 A father pushing a 100kg
Refrigerator

A child pushing a 1kg

bag
 A mother carrying her
10kg baby

A weightlifter carrying
a 200kg barbel
● Power is simply energy
exchanged per unit
time
● how fast you get work
done
 P = W/t

Where:
P = Power
W = Work
t = time
● The unit for power is watt
(after Scottish inventor
James Watt.)
● 1 J/s = 1 W
● 1 J/s = 1 W
● 1 kW = 1000 W
● 1 Horsepower = 746 W
How much power is required to do 200 joules of work in 4
seconds? What if you do the same work in 2 seconds?
A man who is doing 300 A child who is doing 250
Joules of work in 15 joules of work in 12
seconds seconds
A woman who is pushing
A child who is pushing a
a crate with 50 N of
bag with 30 N of force
force for a distance
for a distance of 7
of 5 meters, within 7
meters, within 6 seconds
seconds
 • Worksheet #1
• Worksheet #2
• Fbd assignment
• Short test 1 and 2
Grade 8 Science – Sir Joshua
• Hitching a ride with superman
while flying
• Joining iron man in his flyby
across new york
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j
MqCoTtRt8U
● Energy of Moving
objects
● Ability to do Work
kinetic Potential
Energy Energy
• Energy in Motion

• An object at rest has zero

Kinetic energy
 KE = mv2/2

Where:
KE = Kinetic Energy
m = Mass
v = Velocity
 KE = mv2/2

Where:
KE = Kinetic Energy
m = Mass
v = Velocity
• Energy is represented by
the unit Joules

• Every time work is done on

an object, its kinetic
energy changes
 W = ΔKE

Where:
KE = Kinetic Energy
W = Work
Find the kinetic energy of a 5 kg object whose velocity is
8 m/s.
What is the velocity of a 12 kg object which has a kinetic
energy of 1.67 x 104 J?
• energy of position or
Configuration

• Stored or Latent Capacity

to do work
Gravitational Elastic
Potential Potential
Energy Energy
• Energy stored because of elevation.

• For any given mass, GPE is higher when

the position is higher.

• An object with potential energy may or

may not be moving.
 PE = mgh

Where:
PE = Potential Energy
m = Mass
g = Acceleration due to
Gravity
h = height
What is the potential energy of a 40-kg object at a
height of 3 m
• Energy can neither be created nor
destroyed. It can only be converted
from one form to another.

• As the kinetic energy of a falling

object increases, the potential
energy decreases and vice versa.
 TMEi = TMEf

Where:
TME = Total Mechanical
Energy
 KEi +PEi = KEf + PEf

Where:
KE = Kinetic Energy
PE = Potential Energy