On+the+Move

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__Awesome energy conversion movie!!!__
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How does it work? Children are fascinated with toys that move. Most toys incorporate several different mechanisms that work together to make a whole.

Energy: the ability to do work media type="custom" key="596051" Different forms of energy:
 * [|Electrical]
 * [|Kinetic] (movement)
 * [|Potential] (stored)
 * [|Solar]/[|light]/[|radiant]/[|sound]
 * [|Nuclear]
 * [|Chemical]

__Energy conversions__ Energy can be converted or transformed from one form to another by an energy converter.

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__My toy and its energy conversions__ __Horn on train__

Chemical (food eaten to move muscles) → Potential (rubber diaphragm on the horn) → Kinetic (the act of making the sound - pushing the top of the diaphragm) → Wind (air that is pushed through holes in the horn) → Sound (horn) → Potential (rubber diaphragm has the potential of returning) → Kinetic (rubber diaphragm returning to normal position) → Wind (the air coming back into the horn) → Sound (horn) When the kinetic and wind energy conversions are happening they happen at the same time.

__Gears on train__

Chemical (food eaten to move muscles) → Kinetic (the act of winding the handle) → Kinetic-Mechanical (of the gears moving around) → Kinetic (shaft of motor spins causing the magnet to spin) → Magnetic (the magnet push electrons in wire to cause electricity to flow in wire) → Electrical → Light/heat (electrons move across the thin wire tungsten filament - this resistance causes the filament to glow/flash resulting in light energy and heat energy)

__Rope that pulls the train__

Chemical (food eaten to move muscles) → Kinetic (the act of moving the train)