Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Types of Energy
This interactive tutorial provides a brief review of the 2 types of energy and an explanation of the law of of conservation of energy.
US Energy Information Administration
U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Energy Basics
Learn about the definition of energy, the forms that it comes in, and the difference between renewable and nonrenewable sources.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Chemistry: Types of Energy
This section of a chemistry textbook reviews the different forms of energy: kinetic, potential, and chemical.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Mass of Particle in Magnetic Field
Determine the mass and KE of a particle trapped in a magnetic field given the charge of the particle as well as the speed and strength of the field.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Temperature and Kinetic Energy Problem
This program asks students to determine the average KE of a gas molecule in a sample and then find the temperature of the particles that make up the sample based on the rms speed of the particles.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Billy on Hill (Level 1)
Students must predict the distance traveled by a person on a sled. The person will start with potential energy due to gravity and it will turn into KE without loss. They will then lose their energy on a level surface at the bottom of a...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems:kinetic Energy of Object Traveling in a Circle
Students must determine the kinetic energy of a ball moving in a circular path.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Kinetic Energy of a Curling Stone
Students must determine the kinetic energy of a curling stone based on the time it takes to move between two markings on the ice.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Billy on Hill (Level 2)
Students must predict the distance traveled by a person on a sled. The person will start with potential energy due to gravity and then lose some energy on a hill. They will then lose the remaining energy on a level surface. You have to...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Kinetic Energy of a Satellite
Students must determine the kinetic energy of a satellite as it orbits around a planet.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Jumping Joe Simple With Energy
Students must find the distance that Joey will travel as a projectile based on the kinetic energy that he possesses.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Perfectly Inelastic Collision
Students will need to determine the amount of KE lost in a perfectly inelastic collision.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Work, Energy, and Power: Kinetic Energy
Introduce students to the concept of kinetic energy through interactive practice exercises and illustrated examples.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Thermal Physics: Thermometers as Speedometers
Through interactive exercises and illustrated tutorials, students answer the fundamental questions: What is the reading on a thermometer the reflection of? What does temperature measure?
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Waves: Energy Transport and the Amplitude of a Wave
Students explore the energy transport phenomenon that transports energy along a medium without transporting matter.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Work and Energy: How Far Will It Skid?
Most driver's education classes teach future drivers that the stopping distance of a skidding car is directly proportional to the square of the speed of the car. See how this situation plays out in this animation.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Work and Energy: How High Will It Go?
This animation depicts the motion of a young child sliding across the snow on a sled. Students can analyze the work and energy involved in this scenario.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Detective Peke and the Energy Transformers
Explore kinetic and potential energy and how energy is conserved in this interactive tutorial.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Kinetic Energy Formula
Explains what is meant by kinetic energy and demonstrates how to use the formulas for a point mass moving at less than the speed of light, for rotational motion, and for a mass moving at a relativistic speed. Includes interactive...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Work to Ke Lab
This lab is designed to have students discover the relationship between the work that is done by a force and the speed gained by the object experiencing the force. Students can adjust the strength of the force. They can decide how much...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Motion of a Mass on a Spring
This tutorial investigates the motion of a mass on a spring and how a variety of quantities change over the course of time. Such quantities will include forces, position, velocity and energy - both kinetic and potential energy. Take the...
Science Struck
Science Struck: An in Depth Explanation of the Venturi Effect
Provides a detailed explanation of how the Venturi Effect works in fluid mechanics and how it can be proven using Bernoulli's equation. Also discusses applications of the Venturi Effect in the real world.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Examples of Thermal Energy
Describes examples of thermal energy in the natural world from the Sun, the oceans, and the Earth.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Collisions and Momentum: Bouncing Balls
As a continuation of the theme of potential and kinetic energy, this lesson introduces the concepts of momentum, elastic and inelastic collisions. Many sports and games, such as baseball and ping-pong, illustrate the ideas of momentum...