04+Rolling+Cart

Rolling Cart Lab toc

"What happens when we use energy?"

Lab
 Blank Lab report  "Cart Speed Download" - To download this file you must "control click" on the file and then choose "save link as". Be sure to tell the computer to download to your desktop or note where the file is going. Otherwise you will need to use spotlight to find your file.

 Use this file to check your math.

Additional Worksheets
 - Practice calculating energy and making graphs.  Movie notes for the Trebuchet video below

PSSA Scenario
Go to http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/ for practice before doing the scenario  - Use this worksheet when at the Funderstanding site

 - PSSA scenario with questions

The applet below helps to show the changes in energy as an object slides down a ramp. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> The applet below helps to show the changes in energy as a skateboarder rides up and down hills. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Video below shows how kinetic energy gets transferred between objects <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> media type="custom" key="3055892"

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> This video shows how energy transfer works during the firing of a trebuchet <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> media type="custom" key="3056022"

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Web Links
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Article on Potential Energy <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/GBSSCI/PHYS/Class/energy/u5l1b.html

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Link to the Franklin Institute webpage about energy types <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> http://fi.edu/guide/hughes/energytypes10.html

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Franklin Institute link about Conservation of Energy <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> http://fi.edu/guide/hughes/energyconservation.html