Energy Skate Park: Basics
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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.
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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 | Chemistry |
| Energy Skate Park-NGSS aligned HS |
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PhET NGSS 2014 Workgroup | HS | CQs Lab |
Physics |
| Energy Forms Clicker Questions |
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Dr. Wendy Adams | HS UG-Intro MS |
MC | Physics | |
| Energy Skate Park-NGSS aligned |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Lab | Physics | |
| Energy Skate Park Basics Lesson |
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UTeach Middle School PhET Team | MS | Lab | Physics | |
| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | Chemistry Biology Physics Earth Science |
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| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | Chemistry Physics Earth Science Biology |
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| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | HS MS |
Other | Chemistry Biology Physics |
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| Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics | Jaya Ramchandani | HS | Other | Physics | ||
| Energy Skate Park Student Simulation | Fred Salamone | K-5 MS |
Lab HW Guided Discuss |
Physics | ||
| PhET Simulations Aligned for AP Physics C | Roberta Tanner | HS | Other | Physics | ||
| Energy Skate Park Basics Student Guide [HTML] | William Hedden & Jackie Esler | HS MS |
Lab | Physics | ||
| Energy Park | SK Gupta, Chaithra Navada, Sanjana Acharya | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| Qualitative Introduction to Energy | Steve Banasiak | HS MS |
Lab | Physics | ||
| Conservation of Energy Exploration with Skatepark Physics | Linda Ryan | HS MS |
HW Guided |
Physics | ||
| Energy Skate Park Formal Lab | Ashley Webb | HS UG-Intro |
Lab HW |
Physics Mathematics |
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| Energy Skate Park Lab | nikki schreiber | K-5 MS |
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| Energy Skatepark! | Jamie Schoenberger | MS | Lab Guided |
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| Phet Skate Park Inquiry Lab and Graphical Modelling Activity | Briana Clarke | MS | Lab HW Guided |
Physics | ||
| Preguntas de razonamiento para todas las simulaciones HTML5 |
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Diana López | Grad HS UG-Intro MS UG-Adv K-5 |
Discuss HW |
Astronomy Mathematics Physics Chemistry |
| Hojas de trabajo y preguntas sobre Energía |
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Diana López | HS MS |
HW Guided Discuss MC |
Physics |
| Energy Park | SK Gupta, Chaithra Navada, Sanjana Acharya, Vaibhav Gupta | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| Energia cinetica e potenziale | Daniela Leone | MS | Guided Lab |
Physics | ||
| Mecânica (Atividades) nos OA's do PhET | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | UG-Intro HS MS Grad Other |
Guided Lab HW Discuss Other Demo |
Physics Earth Science Other |
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| Energia Mecânica no Energy Skate Park: Basics (HTML5) | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | HS MS |
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Earth Science Physics |
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| Conservação de Energia na Pista de Skate | Diego Oliveira Silva, Gilvandenys Leite Sales | HS MS |
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| Conservação de Energia | JOSÉ ADEMIR DAMASCENO JÚNIOR E MAIRTON CAVALCANTE ROMEU | HS | Lab Demo Discuss Guided HW |
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| Energia cinetica y potencial, calculo | Gerardo Sarmiento | MS HS |
Guided Lab |
Physics | ||
| Energías en el Skate Park | Katinna Onetto | HS | Guided HW |
Physics | ||
| clase de energía nivel basico | xiomara cedeño | HS | Lab Discuss Guided Demo |
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The new HTML5 sims can run on iPads and Chromebooks, as well as PC, Mac, and Linux systems.
iPad:
iOS 11+ Safari
iPad compatible sims
Android:
Not officially supported. If you are using the HTML5 sims on Android, we recommend using the latest version of Google Chrome.
Chromebook:
Latest version of Google Chrome
The HTML5 and Flash PhET sims are supported on all Chromebooks.
Chromebook compatible sims
Windows Systems:
Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11, latest version of Firefox, latest version of Google Chrome.
Macintosh Systems:
macOS 10.9.5+, Safari 9+, latest version of Chrome.
Linux Systems:
Not officially supported. Please contact phethelp@colorado.edu with troubleshooting issues.
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