The children in the Senior Room were busy making mouse traps today as part of Science Week. The children explored potential energy and kinetic energy.  The mouse trap STEM experiment focuses on the science concept of “simple machines that move.” When the children’s mousetraps were set the elastic band became a source full of potential energy. This energy is being stored, not used, but as soon as the trap is released, it is converted to kinetic energy (the energy of motion) that propels the snapper arm forward.