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Kinetic & Potential Energy Digital Lesson | KS3 Physics Self-Marking

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Interactive KS3 Physics lesson (Year 8), 21 slides: kinetic and potential energy, formulas and calculations, with self-marking activities throughout.

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Lesson at a glance

What pupils will learn

  • Students will be able to define kinetic and potential energy.
  • Students will understand how energy transforms between kinetic and potential.
  • Students will practise calculating kinetic and potential energy values.

Curriculum

UK
Year 8 Science, National Curriculum (England)
Topic area
Forces and Energy
US equivalent
Grade 7 (year level only; not mapped to US standards)

What the lesson covers

  • What Is Energy?
  • Kinetic Energy Defined
  • KE Formula
  • Potential Energy Defined
  • GPE Formula
  • Energy Transformation
  • Conservation of Energy

How it is interactive

  • 4 sentence-writing tasks
  • 3 multiple-choice questions
  • 2 fill-in-the-blank questions
  • 2 sorting and ordering tasks

Feedback and what you get

Questions are marked automatically as pupils answer: a sound and a character reaction show straight away whether they are right, and correct answers earn points, with a results screen at the end. Sentence-writing tasks are for pupils' own answers and are not marked automatically.

A 21-slide interactive lesson that runs in any web browser on a computer, tablet or interactive whiteboard. Members open it online from their year group page. Buying it on its own gives you a .zip download to unzip and open.

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Make kinetic and potential energy clear with this interactive KS3 Physics lesson. 21 slides build from what energy is through to kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy and energy transformation, with calculation practice and self-marking activities throughout.

Whats inside

  • 21 slides: what energy is, kinetic energy defined and calculated, potential energy defined and calculated, energy transformation, conservation of energy
  • Drag-in-the-words, sort-the-items and fill-in-the-blanks checks throughout
  • Self-marking, with instant feedback

Why it works

  • No-prep, supports KS3 Physics (energy stores and transfers, kinetic and gravitational potential energy, conservation of energy)
  • Suitable for classroom teaching, independent learning, homework, revision or cover lessons
  • Runs in any browser on laptops, Chromebooks and tablets
Year GroupYear 8 Science
Resource Type๐ŸŽ“ Interactive Lesson & Activities
FormatDigital Only
CurriculumEngland & Wales โ€” KS3 (Year 8)
Added25 July 2026

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