How much energy in Jewels does it take to tow a car up a slope? Scholars explore different values of both kinetic and potential energy to answer that question. Through multiple levels, the difficulty increases — as does your young physicists' confidence in the material.

Concepts

kinetic energy, potential energy, friction

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Discuss the difference of pulling something straight up versus using an inclined plane

Classroom Considerations

• Requires a free CK-12 account to access the resource
• Does not work if you use the Chrome browser

Pros

• Includes a hint box for those who get stuck
• Offers analysis questions at the end of each level

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4