Design and conduct an investigation to demonstrate the difference between potential and kinetic energy 0507.10.1
Links verified 9/19/2014
- Forms of Energy - this page concentrates on potential and kinetic energy
- Kinetic Energy - more good diagrams and 4 practice problems
- Kinetic Energy Calculator - This calculator is designed to give the unknown value in the formulae involving Kinetic Energy. Enter any two of the values of mass, velocity and kinetic energy. Click on the Calculate button of the unknown value
- Potential Energy - excellent diagrams and 3 practice questions
- Potential Energy - explanation followed by a mini-quiz [below the ads]
- Potential and Kinetic Energy - explanation followed by an interactive applet with a question for you to solve
- Potential and Kinetic Energy Experiment - illustrates the relationship between potential and kinetic energy by raising and dropping a 100 kg anvil [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
- QuickTime movie showing the motion of a roller coaster car down a vertical drop, through two vertical loops, over a small hill, and to the end of the track. The animation portrays the relative amounts of kinetic energy, potential energy, and total mechanical energy of the car as it moves along the track.
- Skateboard Science - The Exploratorium takes a look at the relationship between skateboarding and energy transformation
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