1.3d Energy in the Skatepark Lesson

Complete the activities and questions in this lesson by tomorrow.

Open Ended

Explain why the bowling ball doesn't hit him in the face on the way back up.

At the skatepark energy is constantly

transforming from PE to KE and KE to PE

​On the next page is a link to a skatepark sim, click on the link an select "intro" take some time to play around and observe

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Open Ended

While observing in the skate park, does this seem like what would happen in real life?

Explain why or why not.

Next, answer some questions about the skater using an interactive website.

Click on the link below to open it.

https://view.genially.com/60701e23a838df0d7dd30565

​****COMPLETE THE ACTIVITY UP UNTIL IT ASKS YOU TO CLICK ON THE DOG'S NOSE****

SUMMARY

Energy can be transformed or

converted from one form to

another. It is never created or

destroyed. You can never get more

energy than is put in!

​This is why the bowling ball didn't hit the
man's face in the video!

• More time?

  • Click on the skatepark link https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/energy-skate-park-basics/latest/energy-skate-park-basics_all.html

  • Choose playground mode

  • Click “Bar Graph” to show on the side

  • Click “Speed”

  • Build your own track and observe what happens to energy with the skateboarder.

  Experiment by changing the variables-- such as the height of track, the skateboarders mass