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=Getting Started, Due Monday, May 23rd.= For these next lessons, you will work with a group to create a wiki about your chosen topic. Then, later, we will share the project with the class where we can all learn from each other's work.


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 * Working As A Team ||

>> To work as a team in creating a project >> To explain the importance of your concept to your classmates, meeting at a minimum, the following:
 * Learning Objectives: **
 * Define work and power
 * Explain how to calculate the work done on an object and the rate at which work is done
 * Use the concept of mechanical advantage to explain how machines make doing work easier Jordan
 * explain how to calculate the mechanical advantage of various machines Jordan
 * Name and describe six types of simple machines Jordan
 * discuss hte mechanical advantage of differrent types of simple machines Jordan
 * recognize simple machines within compound machines Jordan
 * Explain the relationship between energy and work.
 * define potential energy and kinetic energy
 * Explain how to calculate kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy
 * distinguish between mechanical and nonmechanical energy EM + CJ
 * identify and describe transformations of energy EM + CJ
 * explain the law of conservation of energy EM + CJ
 * discuss where energy goes when it seems to disappear EM + CJ
 * Explain how to analyze the efficiency of machines EM + CJ

Sign up below for individual sections of the text. Responsible || Section number || Section name ||
 * Student
 * Jordan || 2 ||  ||
 * cody || 1 ||  ||
 * Lauren || 3 ||  ||
 * Ellen || 4 ||  ||

**How You Will Be Evaluated:** For **20 points** you need to sign up for a section and read that section in the text.