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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Introduction to Potential and Kinetic Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Energy is the ability of a system to do work. That system may be batteries powering an electronic game system or windmills capturing wind energy to power a city. When an object or an organism does work, energy is transferred to another...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Kinetic Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online lesson students will begin to investigate examples of kinetic energy and their transformations.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Kinetic Energy

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of kinetic energy and how to calculate it.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Kinetic Energy?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what kinetic energy means and how it relates to work.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Work, Energy, and Power: Kinetic Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduce students to the concept of kinetic energy through interactive practice exercises and illustrated examples.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Calculating Change in Kinetic Energy From a Force

For Students 11th - 12th
Find the change in kinetic energy from a force using the work-energy theorem.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Energy in a Roller Coaster Ride

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive roller coaster ride produced for Teacher's Domain illustrates the relationship between potential and kinetic energy. As the coaster cars go up and down the hills and around the loop of the track, a pie chart shows...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Maximizing Kinetic Energy: An Investigation Using Marbles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using marbles to construct a marble run, students will learn about projectile motion, kinetic energy, potential energy, final velocity, and forces.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems:kinetic Energy of Object Traveling in a Circle

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must determine the kinetic energy of a ball moving in a circular path.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Kinetic Energy of a Curling Stone

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must determine the kinetic energy of a curling stone based on the time it takes to move between two markings on the ice.
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Energy Skate Park

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about conservation of energy with a skater dude. Build tracks, ramps, and jumps for the skater and view the kinetic energy, potential energy and friction as he moves.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: High Energy Particles

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A video module that allows students to uncover the relationship between speed and kinetic energy in the context of a particle accelerator.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Kinetic Theory of Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online lesson students will be introduced to conditions required for an ideal gas. They will also learn about the similarities and differences between...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Skate Park

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity focuses on the conservation of energy solely between gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. Students work with a virtual laboratory set at a skate park. They make predictions of graphs before they use the...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy on a Roller Coaster

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity utilizes hands-on learning with the conservation of energy and the interaction of friction. Students use a roller coaster track and collect position data. The students then calculate velocity, and energy data. After the...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Storage Derby and Proposal

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In Activity 5, as part of the Going Public step, students demonstrate their knowledge of how potential energy may be transferred into kinetic energy. Students design, build and test vehicle prototypes that transfer various types of...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mass, Speed, & Kinetic Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Looking to review how kinetic energy is related to mass and speed? This video lesson review the concept of kinetic energy, mass, and speed with both definitions and problems. Problems are work through step-by-step so you can review how...
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Energy Screams

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about potential and kinetic energy on a roller coaster.. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Kinetic Energy and States of Matter: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will compare the relative kinetic energy possessed by molecules in different states. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "Kinetic Energy and States of Matter."
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Jason: Potential and Kinetic Energy a River Study

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Disappearing Wetlands: Simulate sediment reintroduction channels using a ramp at two slopes. They will then find the kinetic energy of the ball at different times as it rolls down the ramp.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Kinetic Energy

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about kinetic energy in the science of physics. The energy of motion can be calculated using mass and velocity. The standard unit is the joule. How it is different from potential energy.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Science in Focus: Energy: Transfer and Conversion of Energy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Change happens when energy is transferred or converted. Included with the teaching unit, is a sixty-minute video that examines the conversion between potential and kinetic energy.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy of Motion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
By taking a look at the energy of motion all around us, students learn about the types of energy and their characteristics. They first learn about the two simplest forms of mechanical energy: kinetic and potential energy, as illustrated...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Kinetic and Potential Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Given diagrams, illustrations or relevant data, students will identify examples of kinetic and potential energy and their transformations.

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