Discovery Education
Discovery Education: The Ultimate Roller Coaster Contest
Young scholars design and build a three hill "tennis ball" roller coaster made of cardboard. During the design and building process, students explore the concepts of potential and kinetic energy and how they change as the roller coaster...
Other
Climate Reality Project
To help combat the climate crisis America faces and to protect our environment, the Climate Reality Project clean energy plan includes efficiency, generation, transmission, and transportation.
Museum of Science
The Atom's Family: Radiometer
Help Dracula find out about light waves by using a virtual radiometer.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Pendulum Lab
An interactive simulation that teaches about periodic motion, simple harmonic motion, and conservation of energy. Observe one or two pendulums to determine how the swing is influenced by the length of the string, the mass of the pendulum...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Masses & Springs
An interactive simulation that teaches about springs, Hooke's Law, and conservation of energy observing changes in kinetic, potential, and thermal energy by adjusting the stiffness and damping of springs holding various masses. This...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Actions at Plate Boundaries
This lesson will allow the learners to understand the cause and effects of plates interactions. The students will learn that plate boundaries function as a release for much of the Earth's potential energy. The learners will be able to...
PBS
Nova: Car of the Future
In this activity, student teams research and develop a proposal to decrease the carbon footprint of their city's/town's public transportation system and then prepare a report that explains why their transportation plan is the best for...
Other
Nyc Transportation Alternatives: Bicycle Blueprint
This site details "a plan to bring bicycling into the mainstream in New York City." Offers maps and detailed information on improving big city other-than-auto transportation choices.
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Spectroscope
This lesson guides students to build a spectroscope, use it as a tool, and interpret their observations by applying concepts of conservation of energy and properties of matter.