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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Detective Peke and the Energy Transformers

For Students 5th - 7th
Explore kinetic and potential energy and how energy is conserved in this interactive tutorial.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Pirates: What Is Energy Conversion?

For Students 5th - 7th
This lesson covers the different types of energy, the definitions of kinetic and potential energy, how energy can be converted into different forms, and the law of conservation of energy.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Is Energy?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
With an introduction to the ideas of energy, learners discuss specific types of energy and the practical sources of energy. Hands-on activities help them identify types of energy in their surroundings and enhance their understanding of...
Handout
Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Seven Energy Principles

For Students 3rd - 5th
Outlines the seven main principles of energy.
Handout
City University of New York

Energy: Characteristics of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of types of energy, how living things use energy and how they can convert energy forms. This is a good, basic, start to studying this characteristic of life.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Com Padre: Introduction to Work and Energy: The Hopper Popper Surprise

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity will provide students with a qualitative understanding of the Work-Energy Theorem, especially on how the energy transferred depends on the distance over which the force is applied.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium Where Does the Energy of a Spark Come From?

For Students 9th - 10th
Students define potential energy and explore the relationship between potential energy and field. How does potential energy change when things are pushed or pulled? Where does the energy that was used to charge the Van de Graaff...
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Energy Transport and the Amplitude of a Wave

For Students 9th - 10th
The energy transport phenomenon and amplitude are explored in this lesson. Questions are found at the end of the lesson to check understanding of the concepts presented.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix Series: Potential Energy Diagrams

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Observe what happens in the change in the type of energy during a reaction in this simulation. After the activity, answer a self-correcting challenge question.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Potential Energy: How Does It Work?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Describe the difference between energy in motion and at rest, and demonstrate energy's capacity for doing work. Draw a picture of water moving a turbine, and discuss other ways that a turbine might be made to move.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium What Is Happening When a Spark Occurs? Activity 2: What Happens to Energy When Objects Collide?

For Students 9th - 10th
An investigation of what happens to energy during changes.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Average Kinetic Energy and Rms Speed Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
This program asks students to determine the average KE of a gas molecule in a sample and then find the rms speed of the particles that make up the sample.
eBook
NASA

Nasa: From Stargazers to Starships: Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Demonstrates how principles of kinetic energy, potential energy and energy conservation can be used to determine the speed of a descending object if given its initial height. Further discussion of other topics such as heat and...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Potential Energy

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about potential energy in the science of physics. The energy of position and state can be calculated using mass, gravity, and height. The standard unit is the joule. How it is different from kinetic energy.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Linear Momentum & Collisions: Elastic Collisions in One Dimension

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe an elastic collision of two objects in one dimension, define internal kinetic energy, derive an expression for conservation of internal kinetic energy in a one-dimensional...
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Other

Lancaster University: Particle Physics Package

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of experiments, projects, and articles that will help students understand particle collision and mass, kinetic energy, magnetic field, the Large Hadron Collider, and detection of the Higgs particle.
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Inelastic Collisions in One Dimension

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Linear Momentum and Collisions in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter explains what happens during a one-dimensional inelastic collision, what a perfectly inelastic collision is, collisions in sports, and...
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Elastic Collisions in One Dimension

For Students 11th - 12th
From a chapter on Linear Momentum and Collisions in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter explains what happens during a one-dimensional elastic collision, what internal kinetic energy is and how it can be expressed, and how to...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway:linear Momentum & Collision: Inelastic Collisions in One Dimension

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to define inelastic collision, explain perfectly inelastic collisions, apply an understanding of collisions to sports, and determine recoil velocity and loss in kinetic energy given mass and...
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Your Ice Cream Is Moving

For Students 5th - 9th
Learn how states of matter are dependent on an object's average kinetic energy.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Basics of Enzyme Kinetics Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the basics of enzyme kinetics graphs, and see examples of the graphs to understand the valuable data that is found on the graph. [12 min, 29 sec]
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Masses & Springs

For Students 9th - 10th
Hang various mass weights on spring scales while you adjust the spring stiffness and damping in this online activity. Slow down the action, take it to another planet, or watch the amount of potential, thermal, and kinetic energy.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Learning Center: Gas Laws and Kinetic Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
From the companion web site for the Contemporary College Physics textbook. An ideal gas law simulation in which the motion of individual particles inside a closed container is simulated. The number of particles, external pressure, and...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: What Is Happening When a Spark Occurs?

For Students 9th - 10th
Students define potential and kinetic energy, explore energy transfer and energy conservation, and connect energy to atomic structure. The following activities guide students to a conclusion: Activity 1. Can my finger start a fire?...

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