CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Conservation of Energy
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students are asked to demonstrate and apply the law of conservation of energy in one dimension.
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Conservation of Energy in Chemical Reactions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the law of conservation of energy and how energy is conserved in chemical reactions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Conservation of Energy in Chemical Reactions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the law of conservation of energy and how energy is conserved in chemical reactions.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Conservation of Energy
This Kahn Academy tutorial helps students understand the principles of conservation of energy and mass. [10 min, 6 sec]
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Conservation of Energy
Learn about the Law of Conservation of Energy.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Energy Skate Park
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...
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Energy on a Roller Coaster
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...
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Conservation of Mass and Energy in Nuclear Reactions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explores the conservation of mass and energy in nuclear reactions and Einstein's equation.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Conservation of Energy as a Fundamental Principle
See how this principle translates in to fluids and the Bernoulli equation as well as into electric circuits and the voltage law and finally into heat and thermodynamics through the first law of thermodynamics.
US Department of Energy
U.s. Department of Energy: Science Education
Use this resource to learn about how the Department of Energy provides information on science competitions, energy conservation, case studies and more.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Two Dimensional Motion and Conservation of Energy
In this physics lab students look at conservation of energy to find the horizontal velocity of a sphere in order to predict where it will land.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Energy Skate Park
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.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Science in Focus Energy: What Is Energy?
A video workshop looking at the concept of energy. Discussions include energy as it is used in everyday language to the complex scientific meaning of energy. Presents common student misconceptions, history, and the importance of energy...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Types of Energy
This interactive tutorial provides a brief review of the 2 types of energy and an explanation of the law of of conservation of energy.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Energy Conversions
Students evaluate various everyday energy conversion devices and draw block flow diagrams to show the forms and states of energy into and out of the device. They also identify the forms of energy that are useful and the desired output of...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Exploring Solar Power
This unit provides students the opportunity to explore methods engineers have devised for harnessing sunlight to generate power. Students will initially explore heat transfer and heat storage through the construction, testing, and...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Conservation of Energy of While Rolling Down a Hill
A real-life example of a ball rolling down a ramp to see whether mechanical energy really is conserved when objects roll down hills. Students analyze video clips of children rolling down a driveway on roller blades and various bikes and...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Conservation of Mass
This site from Wilkopedia defines the law of conservation of mass. Included are links to related topics and terms used in the definition.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Ski Jump
[Free Registration/Login Required] A simulation where students learn about the conservation of energy in a ski jump.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Pushing It Off a Cliff
Lesson 2 moves into the Research and Revise step and focuses on the conservation of energy solely between gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. Students start out with a virtual laboratory, and then move into the notes and...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Conservation of Energy of a Rollercoaster Using High Speed Video
Students use high speed video to determine whether a roller coaster is an example of a system in which mechanical energy is conserved. The activity is intended to give students experience extracting data from video clips, and using...