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Waves

Description

Make waves with water, sound, and light and see how they are related.
Discuss wave properties using common vocabulary.
Explain how changing the frequency and amplitude affects the characteristics of the wave.
Design an experiment to measure the speed of the wave.

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date

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Creator/Author

Sam Reid (Developer)

Amy Rouinfar (lead designer - HTML5)

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Energy Skate Park: Basics

Subject and Topic

Form 1

Work, energy and power

Energy

Description

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.

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date

Creator/Author

Noah Podolefsky (Lead)

Ramp: Forces and Motion

Subject and Topic

Motion in a straight line

Equations of uniformly accelerated motion

Description

Predict, qualitatively, how an external force will affect the speed and direction of an object's motion.
Explain the effects with the help of a free body diagram.
Use free body diagrams to draw position, velocity, acceleration and force graphs and vice versa.
Explain how the graphs relate to one another.
Given a scenario or a graph, sketch all four graphs.

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date

Creator/Author

Sam Reid (Developer)

Circuit Construction Kit: DC

Subject and Topic

Current electricity

Simple electric circuits

Description

Explore basic electricity relationships.
Explain basic electricity relationships in series and parallel circuits.
Use an ammeter and voltmeter to take readings in circuits.
Provide reasoning to explain the measurements and relationships in circuits.
Build circuits from schematic drawings.
Determine if common objects are conductors or insulators.

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date

Creator/Author

Amy Rouinfar (lead designer - HTML5)

Circuit Construction Kit: AC

Subject and Topic

Concept of current electricity

Current electricity

Description

Explain basic electricity relationships in series and parallel circuits.
Use an ammeter and voltmeter to take readings in circuits.
Provide reasoning to explain the measurements and relationships in circuits.
Build circuits from schematic drawings.
Determine if common objects are conductors or insulators.
Compare and contrast AC and DC circuits.
Describe how capacitors and inductors behave in a circuit.
Experimentally determine the RC time constant.
Construct RLC circuits and determine the conditions for resonance.

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date

Creator/Author

Amy Rouinfar (lead designer - HTML5)

Ohm's Law

Subject and Topic

Concept of current electricity

Current electricity

Description

Predict how current will change when resistance of the circuit is fixed and voltage is varied.
Predict how current will change when voltage of the circuit is fixed and resistance is varied.

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date

Creator/Author

Michael Dubson (Developer/Lead)

Forces and Motion

Subject and Topic

Description

Predict, qualitatively, how an external force will affect the speed and direction of an object's motion.
Explain the effects with the help of a free body diagram.
Use free body diagrams to draw position, velocity, acceleration and force graphs and vice versa.
Explain how the graphs relate to one another.
Given a scenario or a graph, sketch all four graphs.

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date

Creator/Author

Noah Podolefsky (Lead)

Forces and Motion: Basics

Subject and Topic

Motion in a straight line

Distance and displacement

Description

Identify when forces are balanced vs unbalanced.
Determine the sum of forces (net force) on an object with more than one force on it.
Predict the motion of an object with zero net force.
Predict the direction of motion given a combination of forces.

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date

Creator/Author

Noah Podolefsky (Lead)

Friction

Subject and Topic

Form 1

Introduction to Physics

Concept of Physics

Description

Describe a model for friction a molecular level.
Describe matter in terms of molecular motion. The description should include: diagrams to support the description, how the temperature affects the image, what are the differences and similarities between solid, liquid and gas particle motion; how the size and speed of gas molecules relate to everyday objects.

Language

English

Resource Type

Publisher

pHET Interactive Simulations

Publication Date