Reply To: Kinetic energy
Thanks miranda. I would just like to add another way to think of heat, light, and electricity as being forms of “active” (kinetic) energy. Heat actively cooks the beans; electricity actively makes the TV work; light actively interacts with the cells of the eye and enables us to see; the moving ball smashes through the window. Kids will have fun thinking of other such examples that reinforce the idea that heat, light, electricity, and movement are active forms of energy, that is forms of energy that directly cause action.
Bernie Nebel