Energy Skate Park

Learn about conservation of energy with a skater dude! Build tracks, ramps and jumps for the skater and view the kinetic energy, potential energy and friction as he moves. You can also take the skater to different planets or even space! • Explain the Conservation of Mechanical Energy using kinetic, gravitational potential, and thermal energy. • Describe how changing the mass, friction, or gravity affects the skater's energy. • Predict position or estimate speed from energy bar graph or pie chart. • Calculate speed or height at one position from information about a different position. • Describe what happens to the energy in the system when the reference height changes. • Design a skate park using the concepts of mechanical energy and energy conservation.