The Higgs Boson and The Mystery of Mass

Don't let the term, "slotted wood board" detract you from the value of this experiment. Class members tie a string to a cart and, with even horizontal force, drag it up an inclined plane. The objective is to compare the work done with...

In this kinetic and potential energy learning exercise, learners complete math word problems about kinetic and potential energy. Students complete 10 questions total.

What are the factors that affect the gravitational potential energy? Use the video to describe the process of calculating GPE and how it is converted to kinetic energy. 

Energy is conserved? Prove it! The narrator does just that in a short video depicting the mathematical proof of conservation of energy. Young physicists see how the kinetic and potential energy present in a system are related to one...

When you're hot, you're hot! But, how does something get hot? Young scientists discover the properties of heat energy in an insightful video. The narrator discusses the differences between kinetic and potential energy, how heat transfers...

By the end of this section, you will be able to explain gravitational potential energy in terms of work done against gravity, show that the gravitational potential energy of an object of mass m at height h on Earth is given by PEg = mgh,...

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...

Practice calculating the gravitational potential energy for a system of two masses.

Keep calm and half pipe. An exciting simulation teaches pupils about energy transfer from potential to kinetic and thermal as a skater moves through a half pipe or other track. After a brief introduction, scholars can build their own...

Predict changes in gravitational potential energy and angular momentum for a system of two masses.