PhET Simulation: The Ramp

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In this simulation, students push common items of varying masses up an incline to explore the relationship of applied force, work, and energy. They control the angle of the ramp, friction, and amount of applied force. With a mouse click, they can also view detailed graphs of work and energy. This item is part of a larger collection of simulations developed by the Physics Education Technology project (PhET). The simulations are animated, interactive, and game-like environments.

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/the-ramp

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Work and Energy	- High School - Lower Undergraduate - Middle School	- Instructional Material = Interactive Simulation

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Format:: application/java
Mirror:: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/th…
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2005 University of Colorado at Boulder
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Keywords:: applied force, conservation of energy, energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, work
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created October 5, 2006 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: August 18, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: March 3, 2006
Other Collections:: The PSRC

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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.

Topic: Conservation of Energy
Unit Title: What is Energy?

This interactive offers a host of tools to explore the relationships among force, work, and energy. You can control ramp angle, friction, and magnitude of force. Choose from different objects to run up the ramp: a box, a dog, a piano, and more. As students move objects of varying mass up an incline, they can adjust the angle of the ramp, friction, and applied force. Can be modified to meet curriculum of grades 5-12. Note: Resource requires Java

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=4512">PhET. PhET Simulation: The Ramp. Boulder: PhET, March 3, 2006.</a>

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