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Physics: Energy Skate Park: Basics

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Topics

    • Conservation of Energy
    • Kinetic Energy
    • Potential Energy
    • Thermal Energy
    • Energy
    • Friction

Learning Goals

    • Explain the Conservation of Mechanical Energy concept using kinetic energy (KE) and gravitational potential energy (PE).
    • Describe how the Energy Bar and Pie Charts relate to position and speed.
    • Explain how changing the Skater Mass affects energy.
    • Explain how changing the Track Friction affects energy.
    • Predict position or estimate speed from Energy Bar and Pie Charts.
    • Calculate speed or height at one position from information about a different position.
    • Calculate KE and PE at one position from information about a different position.
    • Design a skate park using the concepts of mechanical energy and energy conservation.