How Does Motion Energy Change in a Collision? is part of Smithsonian Science for the Classroom, a brand-new curriculum series by the Smithsonian Science Education Center. It is aligned to a group of grade 4 standards. It has a focus on physical science with a secondary focus on life science and engineering. In this module, students:

• Collect evidence to show that energy can move from object to object and change into heat, light, and sound

• Construct an explanation that faster objects have more motion energy

• Obtain information from text on how animals move fast in order to survive

• Collect evidence from hands-on activities and text to explain why objects slow down

• Design and build a model of a bicycle helmet using an egg as a model for the brain

• Analyze data to predict how far an object will slide in a collision