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PhET Simulation: Energy Skate Park
published by the Physics Education Technology Project
This interactive simulation allows students to explore energy concepts by studying the motion of a skateboarder. The user can design ramps, jumps, and arbitrarily shaped tracks and observe the subsequent motion.  The mass of the skateboarder, gravitational constant, and friction of the track can all be modified. A measuring tape is available for making measurements of height and distance. The relationships between kinetic, potential, thermal, and total energy are illustrated by simultaneous graphs of energy vs. time and energy vs. position.

This item is part of a larger collection of interactive simulations  developed by the Physics Education Technology project (PhET).

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5.0 of Java Applet Plug-in.
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Work and Energy
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Middle School
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Interactive Simulation
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- Educators
- application/java
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Rights Holder:
University of Colorado at Boulder
Keywords:
conservation of energy, friction, kinetic energy, mechanical energy, potential energy, work
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created October 3, 2006 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:
June 3, 2011 by Caroline Hall
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March 3, 2006
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PhET Simulation: Energy Skate Park (Physics Education Technology Project, Boulder, 2005), WWW Document, (http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park).
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PhET Simulation: Energy Skate Park (Physics Education Technology Project, Boulder, 2005), <http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park>.
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PhET Simulation: Energy Skate Park. (2006, March 3). Retrieved June 19, 2013, from Physics Education Technology Project: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park
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Physics Education Technology Project. PhET Simulation: Energy Skate Park. Boulder: Physics Education Technology Project, March 3, 2006. http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park (accessed 19 June 2013).
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PhET Simulation: Energy Skate Park. Boulder: Physics Education Technology Project, 2005. 3 Mar. 2006. 19 June 2013 <http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park>.
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Is Supplemented By PhET Teacher Ideas & Activities: Energy Skate Park Clicker Questions

A set of clicker questions in Power Point format developed specifically for use with the PhET Energy Skate Park simulation.

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