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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.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/informal/items/detail.cfm?ID=4494">PhET. PhET Simulation: Energy Skate Park - Original Version. Boulder: PhET, March 3, 2006.</a>
AIP Format
(PhET, Boulder, 2005), WWW Document, (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park).
AJP/PRST-PER
PhET Simulation: Energy Skate Park - Original Version (PhET, Boulder, 2005), <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park>.
APA Format
PhET Simulation: Energy Skate Park - Original Version. (2006, March 3). Retrieved March 16, 2025, from PhET: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park
Chicago Format
PhET. PhET Simulation: Energy Skate Park - Original Version. Boulder: PhET, March 3, 2006. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park (accessed 16 March 2025).
MLA Format
PhET Simulation: Energy Skate Park - Original Version. Boulder: PhET, 2005. 3 Mar. 2006. 16 Mar. 2025 <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/energy-skate-park>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{
Title = {PhET Simulation: Energy Skate Park - Original Version},
Publisher = {PhET},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {16 March 2025},
Month = {March 3, 2006},
Year = {2005}
}
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