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Energy Skate Park Activity

Interactive Energy Skate Park simulation worksheet where students analyze kinetic, potential, and thermal energy at various track points by predicting, testing, and comparing energy transformations with/without friction or mass changes.

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    Name: Student directions Energy Skate Park Activity 2: Relating Graphs, Position and Speed (no time graphs) https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/energy-skate-parldlatest/energy-skate-park en.html 1. Josie made a frictionless hot wheel track that looks like the one shown. She placed a red rubber ball on the left top of track at 1. Fill in the Prediction column by staring what percentage of each type of energy is present at each section Ex: 60% PE „ 40% KE Either Use the intro simulation and choose the loop track, Or choose the playground simulation to build the track above as similar as possible. Upload a screenshot of your pie charts in the simulation Column ( Ctrl + shift + 1=1 11 ) Prediction Simulation Explain the difference between your prediction & the simulation (Put "none" if your predictions were accurate} 1 PE:100% KE: 100% None 2 PE: 30% KE: 50% 30% 70% Thought the potential energy would have more effect on the skater. 3 PE:40% KE:700% 40% 60% None 4 PE:100% KE:0% 100% None

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    Name: 2. Pretend that Josie can magically change the ball to different things like the simulation can (Change Mass). a. What do you think would change about the Pie Charts? The pie charts will not change unless the mass change. b. Explain why you think the charts would be similar or different. They would be the same if there is no friction and the same amount of energy put in will be put out too. c. Check your reasoning using the simulation and make corrections if necessary. Good.

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