Shot+putt+activity

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Study the two diagrams above and make a guess of what the child is doing to the stone in the second energy graphs.

Putting our knowledge together :
 * < Gp 1 || since the KE and PE curve is reversed, the ball must have started from the top position then bounced back to the top position. I think the boy must have released it from the top/ ||
 * < Gp 2 || . ||
 * Gp 3 || . ||
 * Gp 4 || . ||
 * Gp 5 || . ||
 * Gp 6 || . ||

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