Lesson: Gravitational Potential Energy Physics • First Year of Secondary School

In this lesson, we will learn how to calculate changes in the energy of an object in a gravitational field using the definition of the gravitational potential energy, E = mgh.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

define a change in gravitational potential energy as the work done on an object by the force of gravity,
apply the formula gravitational potential energy to find any of the terms in the formula,
recall that and deduce that .