Energy Skate Park: Basics
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About
Topics
- Conservation of Energy
- Kinetic Energy
- Potential Energy
- Thermal Energy
- Energy
- Friction
Description
Learn about conservation of energy with a skater gal! Explore different tracks and view the kinetic energy, potential energy and friction as she moves. Build your own tracks, ramps, and jumps for the skater.
Sample Learning Goals
- Explain the Conservation of Mechanical Energy concept using kinetic energy (KE) and gravitational potential energy (PE).
- Describe how the Energy Bar and Pie Charts relate to position and speed.
- Explain how changing the Skater Mass affects energy.
- Explain how changing the Track Friction affects energy.
- Predict position or estimate speed from Energy Bar and Pie Charts.
- Calculate speed or height at one position from information about a different position.
- Calculate KE and PE at one position from information about a different position.
- Design a skate park using the concepts of mechanical energy and energy conservation.
For Teachers
Teacher Tips
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Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ). |
Teacher-Submitted Activities
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| Energy Skate Park Basics - Clicker Questions |
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Trish Loeblein, Robert Parson | UG-Intro | MC |
| Energy Skate Park-NGSS aligned HS |
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PhET NGSS 2014 Workgroup | HS | Lab CQs |
| Energy Forms Clicker Questions |
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Dr. Wendy Adams | HS MS UG-Intro |
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| Energy Skate Park-NGSS aligned |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Lab | |
| Energy Skate Park Basics Lesson |
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UTeach Middle School PhET Team | MS | Lab | |
| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | |
| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | |
| Energy Skate Park Formal Lab | Ashley Webb | UG-Intro HS |
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| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | HS MS |
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| PhET Simulations Aligned for AP Physics C | Roberta Tanner | HS | Other | ||
| Energy Skatepark! | Jamie Schoenberger | MS | Lab Guided |
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| Phet Skate Park Inquiry Lab and Graphical Modelling Activity | Briana Clarke | MS | Guided Lab HW |
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| Energia cinetica e potenziale | Daniela Leone | MS | Guided Lab |
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| Conservação de Energia | JOSÉ ADEMIR DAMASCENO JÚNIOR | HS | Lab HW Discuss Guided Demo |
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| Simulações no Ensino de Fisica | Carla Tavares | HS | Discuss HW MC Demo Guided Lab Other |
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| clase de energía nivel basico | xiomara cedeño | HS | Lab Demo Guided Discuss |
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| Hojas de trabajo y preguntas sobre Energía | Diana López | MS HS |
MC Discuss Guided HW |
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| Energía | Patricia Abdel Rahim | UG-Intro | Lab |
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Software Requirements
| Windows 7+ | Mac OS 10.7+ | iPad and iPad Mini with iOS | Chromebook with Chrome OS |
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Internet Explorer 10+ latest versions of Chrome and Firefox
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Safari 6.1 and up latest versions of Chrome and Firefox
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latest version of Safari
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latest version of Chrome
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Credits
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