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Energy-Skate Park PhET Lab
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Submission Information |
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| Authors | Chris Bires |
| Contact Email | bires1@hotmail.com |
| School / Organization | Spring Valley HS |
| Submitted | 08/11/08 |
| Updated | 10/08/04 |
Contribution Description |
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| Title | Energy-Skate Park PhET Lab |
| Simulations | Energi Skate |
| Keywords | Energy, Potential Energy, Kinetic Energy |
| Description | Two-page (low paper use) lab with ten-point formal assessment at its conclusion. The lab should take no more than 50 minutes, including calculations and questions. This lab is easy for the students to perform and easy to grade. If absent, this lab can be done at home with little instructor input. This lab is performed early in a work, energy, and power unit at an urban high school in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
| Level | High School |
| Type | Lab |
| Subject | Physics |
| Duration | 60 minutes |
| Answers Included | No |
| Language | English |
Standards Compliance
| Content Level | |||
| Content Standard | K-4 | 5-8 | 9-12 |
| Science as Inquiry - A |  |
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| Physical Science - B | |
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| Life Science - C | |||
| Earth & Space Science - D | |
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| Science & Technology - E | |||
| Science in Personal and Social Perspective - F | |||
| History and Nature of Science - G | |||
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Comments
What do you think about this activity? How did you use it or change it for your class? Professionally constructive comments welcome.
- Nice homework practice to follow-up 10/08/07
- I've used this lab a couple of times now and find it very helpful increasing student's understanding of Kinetic and Potential Energy. Also the conclusion questions are a good follow up. 11/01/19