Kinetic and Potential Energy Worksheets for Grades 6–8
In middle school science, students explore the principles of forces, motion, and energy, learning how objects move and interact. They investigate kinetic and potential energy, understanding how energy is stored and transferred, and how speed, velocity, and acceleration affect motion.
Here you’ll find a variety of free kinetic and potential energy worksheets, tests, and interactive lessons for grades 6–8. Teachers can use these materials for class activities, homework, or assessments. All resources are easy to assign online with a code or print for offline use, and you can adapt any worksheet or create your own with AI tools.
Materials (7 materials)
Lesson
Energy transformations and conservation
This material helps 8th-grade students practice understanding energy transformations and conservation through questions on roller coaster potential and kinetic energy, ordering events, and completing sentences about energy laws. It encourages critical thinking and comprehension of energy concepts.
Science · Grade 8 · New · Oct 15, 2026
Lesson
Kinetic and potential energy
This 6th-grade classroom material helps students practice defining, identifying, and transforming kinetic and potential energy through question types like comparisons, example recognition, ordering events, and fill-in-the-blank exercises. It enhances understanding of energy concepts through interactive tasks.
Science · Grade 6 · New · Oct 15, 2026
Worksheet
Kinetic energy calculations
This classroom material helps 8th-grade students practice calculating kinetic and potential energy through varied question types, such as multiple choice, ordering, and matching scenarios to energy types, focusing on the formulas KE = ½mv² and PE = mgh.
Science · Grade 8 · New · Oct 15, 2026
Test
Energy and motion test
An 8th-grade energy and motion test that assesses students’ understanding of energy transformations, conservation, and calculations through multiple-choice and short-answer questions. It covers topics like potential and kinetic energy, energy conservation, and energy types in different scenarios.
Science · Grade 8 · New · Oct 15, 2026
Test
Kinetic and potential energy quiz
This quiz helps 6th-grade students practice identifying kinetic and potential energy through multiple-choice questions on examples and factors affecting each type of energy, encouraging understanding of energy concepts and real-world applications.
Science · Grade 6 · New · Oct 15, 2026
Worksheet
Energy transformations practice
This practice material helps 7th-grade students understand energy transformations through questions about roller coasters, pendulums, and energy conversion. Students identify types of energy, fill in blanks, and sequence events to reinforce their comprehension of energy principles.
Science · Grade 7 · New · Oct 15, 2026
Worksheet
Kinetic and potential energy practice
This resource helps 6th-grade students practice distinguishing between kinetic and potential energy through multiple-choice and select-all questions, focusing on real-world examples of energy in motion and at rest. The lesson encourages identification and understanding of energy types.
Science · Grade 6 · New · Oct 15, 2026
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Questions teachers ask
What topics do these kinetic and potential energy worksheets cover?
They cover core concepts like energy types, energy transfer, the relationship between speed, velocity, and acceleration, and real-world applications of forces and motion.
Can I edit or customize the worksheets for my class?
Yes, all worksheets and tests can be copied and edited to fit your students’ needs, or you can create new materials using AI.
How do I assign these materials to my students?
You can share materials online with a class code for interactive use, or print them for traditional classroom or homework assignments.