CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Potential Energy
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the differences between kinetic and potential energy, and understand how they are dependent on each other.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Potential Energy Formula
Explains what is meant by potential energy and demonstrates how to use the formulas for gravitational potential energy, elastic potential energy, and electric potential energy. Includes interactive calculators for the first two formula...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Potential Energy
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of potential energy, gravitational potential energy, elastic potential energy and other forms of potential energy.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Work, Energy, and Power: Potential Energy
This introduction to potential energy contains illustrated examples, example problems, and interactive exercises for application of learning.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Comparing Potential Energy of Bond
Explore the change in potential energy when molecules are separated from each other or broken apart.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Potential Energy
The concept of potential energy is explained along with the two forms of potential energy: elastic and gravitational. Discusses what gravitational potential energy is, explains the direct relationship between it and mass and height, and...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Atoms and Energy
Online activity walks learner through exploration of kinetic and potential energy using animations. Through graphs, a quantitative connection is made between the movement and the energy involved. This information is then related to the...
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: Ms Ps3 2: Potential Energy of the System
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard MS-PS3-2: potential energy of the system.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Electric Potential Energy and Type of Charge
Compare potential energy of oppositely or similarly charged particles.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Energy and the Pogo Stick
This activity utilizes hands on learning with the conservation of energy with the inclusion of elastic potential energy. Students use pogo sticks to experience the elastic potential energy and its conversion to gravitational potential...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Force and Potential Energy
The activity investigates conservation of energy. Some topics explored are friction, kinetic energy, conservation of energy, and potential energy. The resource consists of video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Energy of Motion
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...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Converting Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy
If you'd like to investigate the physics of amusement park rides, then this project is for you. You'll build a roller coaster track for marbles using foam pipe insulation and masking tape, and see how much the marble's potential energy...
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Electric Potential Energy
This site from Georgia State University defines electric potential energy and relates it to the concept of electric potential. Discusses the idea of a reference point or a zero potential location.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Conversion of Electric Potential Energy
Explore the conversion of electric potential energy to thermal energy.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Introduction to Potential and Kinetic Energy
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...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Energy in a Roller Coaster Ride
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...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Energy Skate Park: Basics
An interactive skate park simulation that teaches about conservation of energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, thermal energy, and friction. This simulation can either be downloaded or played online and includes handouts, lesson...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Energy Skate Park
An interactive skate park simulation that teaches about energy, conservation of energy, kinetic energy, potential energy, and friction. This simulation can either be downloaded or played online and includes handouts, lesson plans, and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Kinetic and Potential Energy of Motion
In this lesson, students are introduced to both potential energy and kinetic energy as forms of mechanical energy. A hands-on activity demonstrates how potential energy can change into kinetic energy by swinging a pendulum, illustrating...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Gravitational Potential Energy at Large Distances Review
Review the equations and skills related to gravitational potential energy at large distances, including how to apply conservations laws to objects in orbit.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Elastic Potential Energy?
This site explains and gives examples of elastic potential energy and how to calculate it.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix: Potential Energy Diagrams: Conservation of Energy
[Free Registration/Login Required] Drag the red point up and down to explore the interaction between potential energy and kinetic energy in a barbell.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Calculating Elastic Potential Energy
Practice calculating the elastic potential energy stored in a spring.
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