Energy Skate Park: Basics

Conservation of Energy
Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy

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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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Concept questions for Physics using PhET (Inquiry Based)	Trish Loeblein	UG-Intro HS	MC	Physics
Algebra-based Physics Semester one lessons, clicker questions, and schedule in pdf (Inquiry Based)	Trish Loeblein	UG-Intro HS	Demo Lab HW	Physics
Energy Skate Park Basics - Clicker Questions	Trish Loeblein, Robert Parson	UG-Intro	MC	Chemistry
Energy Skate Park-NGSS aligned HS	PhET NGSS 2014 Workgroup	HS	Lab CQs	Physics
Energy Forms Clicker Questions	Dr. Wendy Adams	MS UG-Intro HS	MC	Physics
Energy Skate Park-NGSS aligned	Sarah Borenstein	MS	Lab	Physics
Energy Skate Park Basics Lesson	UTeach Middle School PhET Team	MS	Lab	Physics
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program?	Sarah Borenstein	MS	Other	Biology Chemistry Physics Earth Science
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS	Trish Loeblein updated by Diana López	HS MS	Other	Chemistry Physics Earth Science Biology
Lab Experiment	Mohammad Mansour	HS UG-Intro	Lab Remote	Physics
Kinetic, Potential and Total Energy: Claim, Evidence, Reasoning	Ann Baxley	MS HS	Guided Other	Physics
Atividade Energia Mecânica gamificada	Darkson F. Costa; José M. V. Gomes; Gilvandenys L. Sales.	Grad UG-Intro MS HS	Demo HW Guided Lab	Physics
Skate Park Phet- Science 8 and ACC Science 8	Erin Curtis	MS	Guided	Physics
Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics	Jaya Ramchandani	HS	Other	Physics
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment	Elyse Zimmer	HS MS	Other	Physics Biology Chemistry
Energy Skate Park Student Simulation	Fred Salamone	K-5 MS	Guided HW Discuss Lab	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	MS HS	Lab	Physics
Conservation of Energy Exploration with Skatepark Physics	Linda Ryan	MS HS	Guided HW	Physics
Energy Skate Park Formal Lab	Ashley Webb	UG-Intro HS	Lab HW	Physics Mathematics
Energy Skate Park Lab	nikki schreiber	MS K-5	Lab	Physics
Energy Skatepark!	Jamie Schoenberger	MS	Lab Guided	Physics
Phet Skate Park Inquiry Lab and Graphical Modelling Activity	Briana Clarke	MS	Lab HW Guided	Physics
Hojas de trabajo y preguntas sobre Energía	Diana López	MS HS	MC HW Discuss Guided	Physics
Preguntas de razonamiento para todas las simulaciones HTML5	Diana López	K-5 HS MS UG-Intro Grad UG-Adv	Discuss HW	Chemistry Physics Mathematics Astronomy
SECUNDARIA: Alineación PhET con programas de la SEP México (2011 y 2017)	Diana López	HS MS	Other	Chemistry Physics Mathematics Biology
PREPARATORIA: Alineación de PhET con programas de la DGB México (2017)	Diana López	HS UG-Intro	Other	Mathematics Chemistry Physics
PRIMARIA: Alineación con programas de la SEP México (2011 y 2017)	Diana López	K-5 MS	Guided Demo HW Lab Discuss	Chemistry Mathematics Astronomy Physics
Energia skate pista batean	Diana López, Jaione Eizaguirreren itzulpena	HS	Guided	Physics
Energy Park	SK Gupta, Chaithra Navada, Sanjana Acharya, Vaibhav Gupta	HS	Lab	Physics
Energia cinetica e potenziale	Daniela Leone	MS	Lab Guided	Physics
Mecânica (Atividades) nos OA's do PhET	Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales	Other HS Grad MS UG-Intro	Demo Guided Other HW Discuss Lab	Earth Science Physics Other
Energia Mecânica no Energy Skate Park: Basics (HTML5)	Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales	HS MS	Guided Other HW	Earth Science Physics
Conservação de Energia na Pista de Skate	Diego Oliveira Silva, Gilvandenys Leite Sales	HS MS	Guided	Physics
Conservação de Energia	JOSÉ ADEMIR DAMASCENO JÚNIOR E MAIRTON CAVALCANTE ROMEU	HS	Demo Guided Lab HW Discuss	Physics
SKATER y Conservación de la Energía	Pedro Salgado	HS UG-Intro	Guided Lab HW	Physics
ENERGÍA MECÁNICA	FRANCISCO CRUZ CANTU	HS	HW Lab Guided	Physics
Energia cinetica y potencial, calculo	Gerardo Sarmiento	HS MS	Lab Guided	Physics
Energías en el Skate Park	Katinna Onetto	HS	Guided HW	Physics
clase de energía nivel basico	xiomara cedeño	HS	Discuss Demo Lab Guided	Physics

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Albanian	All shqip	Energjia në parkun rrëshqitës: Bazat
Arabic	All العربية	طاقة حديقة التزلج: أساسيات
Arabic (Saudi Arabia)	All العربية (السعودية)	Energy Skate Park: Basics
Azerbaijani	All Azerbaijani	Enerjinin saxlanma qanununun əsasları
Basque	All Euskara	Energia irristailu-parkean: oinarrizko kontzeptuak
Belarusian	All беларускі	Энергетычны скейт-парк: Асновы
Bosnian	All Bosanski	Energija u skejt-parku: Osnovna verzija
Bulgarian	All български	Energy Skate Park: Basics
Chinese (Simplified)	All 中文 (中国)	能量滑板竞技场: 基础
Chinese (Traditional)	All 中文 (台灣)	Energy Skate Park: Basics_能量滑板競技場：基礎
Croatian	All hrvatski	Energija u skejt parku: osnove
Czech	All čeština	Skatepark energie: základy
Danish	All Dansk	Energiskaterpark: Basis
Dutch	All Nederlands	Energie in het schaatspark: eenvoudig
Estonian	All Eesti	Energia rulapark: algtõed
Finnish	All suomi	Energiaskeittipuisto: Perusteet
French	All français	Energie Planche à Roulettes: Les bases
Galician	All Gallegan	Enerxía Parque Patinaxe: inicio
Georgian	All ქართული	ენერგია სკეიტების პარკში
German	All Deutsch	Energieskatepark (1)
Greek	All Ελληνικά	Ενεργειακό πάρκο skate: Τα βασικά
Haitian	All Haitian	Enèji paten an sou pis
Hebrew	All עברית	פארק אנרגית גלישה: בסיסי
Hungarian	All magyar	Energia Gördeszkapark - alapok
Indonesian	All Bahasa Indonesia	Energi Skate: Dasar
Irish	All Gaeilge	Páirc Scátála Fuinnimh: Buneolas
Italian	All italiano	Energia con lo Skateboard: concetti base
Japanese	All 日本語	力学的エネルギーの保存: ベーシック
Kannada	All Kannada	ಶಕ್ತಿ ಜಾರು ಪಾರ್ಕ್ :ಮೂಲಭೂತ
Kazakh	All Kazakh	Энергетикалық скейт саябағы: негіздер
Khmer	All Khmer	Energy Skate Park: Basics
Korean	All 한국어	에너지 스케이트 공원: 기초
Latvian	All Latviešu	Enerģijas skeitparks: Pamati
Lithuanian	All Lietuvių	Riedlentininkų energijos parkas: pagrindai
Macedonian	All македонски	Енергија во скејт-паркот: Основна верзија
Malay	All Bahasa Melayu	Tenaga Taman Luncur: Asas
Marathi	All मराठी	एनर्जी स्केट पार्क (प्राथमिक)
Mongolian	All Монгол (Монгол)	Дугуйт тэшүүрийн талбай
Norwegian Bokmal	All Norsk bokmål	Energi i skateparken - Grunnleggende
Norwegian Nynorsk	All Norwegian Nynorsk	Energi i skateparken
Persian	All فارسی	انرژی پارک اسکیت: مقدماتی
Polish	All polski	Energia w skateparku: podstawy
Portuguese	All português	Energia do Parque de Skate: Básico
Portuguese (Brazil)	All português (Brasil)	Energia na Pista de Skate
Romanian	All română	Energia pe terenul de skate. Baze teoretice
Russian	All русский	Энергетический скейт-парк: основы
Serbian	All Српски	Енергија у скејт-парку: Основна верзија
Sinhalese	All Sinhalese	ලිස්සා යාමේදී ඇතිවන ශක්ති වෙනස් වීම: මූලික කරුණු
Slovak	All Slovenčina	Energia v skejt parku: základy
Slovenian	All Slovenščina	Energija v skate parku: Osnove
Spanish	All español	Energía en la pista de patinaje: Intro
Spanish (Colombia)	All español (Colombia)	Energy Skate Park: Basics
Spanish (Mexico)	All español (México)	Energía en la pista de patinaje: Intro
Spanish (Peru)	All español (Perú)	Energía en el Parque del Patinador:Fundamentos
Spanish (Spain)	All español (España)	Energía de la pista de patinaje
Swedish	All svenska	Energiomvandling : Grunder
Tamil	All Tamil	சக்தி சறுகல் பூங்கா
Thai	All ไทย	พลังงานจากการเล่นสเก็ต: พื้นฐาน
Tibetan	All Tibetan	འཁྱགས་ཤུད་ནུས་པའི་སྐྱེད་ཚལ། རྨང་གཞི།
Turkish	All Türkçe	Enerji Kaykay Parkı: Temel
Turkmen	All Turkmen	Energiýa skeýt meýdançasy: Başlangyç
Ukrainian	All українська	Парк для скейтів: Основи
Vietnamese	All Tiếng Việt	Công viên ván trượt: Phần cơ bản

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