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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Energy Skate Park

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive skate park simulation that teaches about energy, conservation of energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, and friction. This simulation can either be downloaded or played online and includes handouts, lesson plans, and...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Kinetic and Potential Energy of Motion

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this lesson, students are introduced to both potential energy and kinetic energy as forms of mechanical energy. A hands-on activity demonstrates how potential energy can change into kinetic energy by swinging a pendulum, illustrating...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Gravitational Potential Energy at Large Distances Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the equations and skills related to gravitational potential energy at large distances, including how to apply conservations laws to objects in orbit.
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Website
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Elastic Potential Energy?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains and gives examples of elastic potential energy and how to calculate it.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Potential Energy Diagrams: Conservation of Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Drag the red point up and down to explore the interaction between potential energy and kinetic energy in a barbell.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Calculating Elastic Potential Energy

For Students 11th - 12th
Practice calculating the elastic potential energy stored in a spring.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Calculating Gravitational Potential Energy of a System

For Students 11th - 12th
Practice calculating the gravitational potential energy for a system of two masses.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Gravitational Potential Energy & Conservation of Angular Momentum

For Students 9th - 10th
Predict changes in gravitational potential energy and angular momentum for a system of two masses.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Fields and Potentials of Other Distributions

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial students will learn about electric potential and the principle of superposition. They will discover how superposition applies to electric fields and how electrostatic potential energy relates to electric...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix Series: Potential Energy Diagrams

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Observe what happens in the change in the type of energy during a reaction in this simulation. After the activity, answer a self-correcting challenge question.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Potential Energy: How Does It Work?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Describe the difference between energy in motion and at rest, and demonstrate energy's capacity for doing work. Draw a picture of water moving a turbine, and discuss other ways that a turbine might be made to move.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Storage Derby and Proposal

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In Activity 5, as part of the Going Public step, students demonstrate their knowledge of how potential energy may be transferred into kinetic energy. Students design, build and test vehicle prototypes that transfer various types of...
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Unit Plan
Other

Brilliant: Conservation of Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses conservation of energy, and explains what kinetic energy is, some kinds of potential energy, and how work and energy are related using the work-kinetic energy theorem. Provides lots of examples along with calculations.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Forms of Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online lesson students will investigate examples of kinetic and potential energy and their transformations.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Skate Park

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity focuses on the conservation of energy solely between gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. Students work with a virtual laboratory set at a skate park. They make predictions of graphs before they use the...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Gravitational Potential Energy?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains what gravitational potential energy means and how to calculate it.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Difference Between Kinetic and Potential Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what kinetic and potential energy are and how they differ.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science

Aaas: Project 2061: Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Create a science test that checks for student understanding in science, for common misconceptions, as well as for correct ideas. This is a list of key ideas related to Energy: Forms, Transformation,...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Work, Energy, and Energy Resources: Summary

For Students 11th - 12th
This is a summary of the information in Chapter 7: Work, Energy, and Energy Resources for the AP Physics I course online.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Physical Science: Types of Energy

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses ways in which energy can be transferred, what kinetic energy is and types of potential energy. Includes examples of energy conversions.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Electric Potential Energy and Charge Intensity

For Students 9th - 10th
Compare the potential energy of particles with varying amounts of charge.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Potential Energy

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about potential energy in the science of physics. The energy of position and state can be calculated using mass, gravity, and height. The standard unit is the joule. How it is different from kinetic energy.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Energy Skate Park

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about conservation of energy with a skater dude. Build tracks, ramps, and jumps for the skater and view the kinetic energy, potential energy and friction as he moves.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: It's Tiggerific!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In Lesson 3, as part of the Research and Revise step, students investigate potential energy held within springs (elastic potential energy). Class begins with a video of either spring shoes or bungee jumping. Students then move on into...

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