http://www.nextgenlessons.com I hope you enjoy learning here Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:27:07 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.34 http://www.nextgenlessons.com/thermodynamics/basketballs-second-day-assignment/ http://www.nextgenlessons.com/thermodynamics/basketballs-second-day-assignment/#comments Wed, 20 May 2015 01:57:51 +0000 http://www.nextgenlessons.com/?p=69 Basketballs don’t bounce forever.  Energy is never lost, but takes new forms.  Read and learn further about thermodynamics and entropy in this assignment.

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]]> http://www.nextgenlessons.com/thermodynamics/kinetic-energy-digital-minilab-2/feed/ 0 http://www.nextgenlessons.com/thermodynamics/why-dont-basketballs-bounce-forever/ http://www.nextgenlessons.com/thermodynamics/why-dont-basketballs-bounce-forever/#comments Tue, 19 May 2015 04:26:23 +0000 http://www.nextgenlessons.com/?p=29 Thermodynamics and Energy are big topics in science. To learn about them we’re investigating why a basketball can’t bounce forever. The lesson has three parts: A reading assignment with simple questions, A digital lab, and a writing assignment.

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