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Downhill Race 
  
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Publisher: Exploratorium
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This lab allows students to explore the impact of mass distribution for the motion of cylinders rolling down slopes. Two cylinders that look the same may roll down a hill at…
https://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/downhill-race
Physics Classroom: Mechanical Energy 
  
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This interactive tutorial explores mechanical interactions in the context of kinetic and potential energy. Detailed explanations and sample problems help the user understand how…
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/energy/U5L1d.cfm
Energy Diagram Explorer 
  
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Kansas State Physics Education Research Group and D. Zollman
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This resource illustrates classical energy diagrams for 1D motion. It simulates an experiment where the energy of a cart with a magnet can be changed by putting magnets along a…
https://web.phys.ksu.edu/vqm/software/online/vqm/html/pedsketcher.html
Sliding Down an Inclined Plane Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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W. Christian
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This interactive model displays a frictionless object sliding down an incline plane. The object can be a box, a sphere, or a car. When the object reaches the bottom of the incline,…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11236&DocI...
NOVA: How Do Solar Panels Work? 
  
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S. Chasteen; Publishers: Public Broadcasting Service and WGBH Educational Foundation
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How do solar panels convert sunlight into electricity? This interactive activity from NOVA takes the learner inside a virtual photovoltaic cell to see how two different layers of…
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/how-solar-cell-works.html
Dayton Regional STEM Center: Warm Home Solar Style 
  
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This multi-day project for Grades 9-12 immerses students in the basics of passive and active solar energy through hands-on explorations. The module opens with investigations of…
http://daytonregionalstemcenter.org/curriculum/warm-home-solar-style/
NOVA: How Do Solar Panels Work? 
  
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This animated tutorial shows how photovoltaic cells in solar panels convert sunlight into electrical current. It provides a close-up look at each layer of the basic solar panel, with…
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/how-solar-cell-works.html
Concord Consortium: Excited States and Photons 
  
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This concept-building activity contains a set of sequenced simulations for investigating how atoms can be excited to give off radiation (photons). Students explore 3-dimensional…
https://learn.concord.org/resources/125/excited-states-and-photons
PhET Teacher Activities: Experimental Design with Forces 
  
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UTeach - University of Texas; Publisher: PhET
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This middle school lesson plan blends a classroom experiment with the interactive PhET simulation Masses and Springs . Students design and conduct an experiment to test their…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/3543
PhET Teacher Activities: Hooke's Law 
  
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This two-hour activity for high school physics was created specifically to accompany the PhET simulation Masses & Springs . In the first lesson, students will use the simulation to…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2939
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