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'The Energy Detective' - energy conservation
Howie Watkins and Debs McGrail act out a scene in the style of an old detective movie to explain why you cannot create or destroy energy – it's just transferred. In a car engine 30% of the energy from the petrol is converted into kinetic energy to produce movement; the rest of the petrol's energy is converted to heat and sound energy. This is linked to the law of conservation of energy.
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