Energy Skate Park: Basics
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)
Forces and Motion: Basics
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
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
Creator/Author
Michael Dubson (Developer/Lead)