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Ski Jump

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What are the three types of energy a ski jumper uses? If you said potential, kinetic, and heat, then you are correct. Scholars adjust the jumper's mass, jumper's form, and height of the start line in the simulation to display graphs of the trajectory and type of energy for each trial.

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CCSS: Adaptable NGSS: Designed
Concepts
the law of conservation of energy, kinetic energy, work, energy, potential energy, energy conversion
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Additional Tags
science
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Instructional Ideas
  • If possible, take a snow skiing or ski jumping field trip
Classroom Considerations
  • Individuals must sign up for a free CK-12 account to access the interactive
  • Assumes prior knowledge of mass, energy, and interpreting graphs
Pros
  • Reinforces conservation of energy
  • Challenge questions in the simulation require higher-level thinking
Cons
  • None