CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix Series: Potential Energy Diagrams
[Free Registration/Login Required] Observe what happens in the change in the type of energy during a reaction in this simulation. After the activity, answer a self-correcting challenge question.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Falling Water
Students drop water from different heights to demonstrate the conversion of water's potential energy to kinetic energy. They see how varying the height from which water is dropped affects the splash size. They follow good experiment...
FT Exploring
Ft Exploring: Energy Conversions: Potential to Kinetic Energy
Find out how gravitational potential energy is converted to kinetic energy, then finally into low-grade thermal energy.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Renewable Energy
In this lesson, students are introduced to the types of renewable energy resources. They are involved in activities to help them understand the transformation of energy (solar, water and wind) into electricity. Students explore the...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Energy Conservation
Students are introduced to the idea that energy use impacts the environment and our wallets. They discuss different types of renewable and nonrenewable energy sources, as well as the impacts of energy consumption. Through a series of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Energy and Its Forms
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the different forms of energy and investigate how the law of conservation of energy plays an important part of those forms.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Tracing the Transformation of Energy in a System
Trace the transformations of energy (kinetic to potential, etc.) in a system, e.g., a person rowing a boat or child swinging.
US Department of Energy
Fus Ed Web: Physics of a Fundamental Energy Source
An excellent resource on nuclear fusion! Using incredible graphics and excellent discussion, this site (with its several pages) provides an exhaustive online course on the topic. Click on the link for "a Guided Tour" and begin.
US Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy: Biomass Creating Bio Diesel
This detailed chemistry lesson from the U.S. Department of Energy focuses on transforming vegetable oil into biodiesel through a process of transesterification. The process described offers a good model for many chemical reaction...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Conservation of Energy: Lesson 2
This lesson explains how energy can be transferred from one form to another, but is always conserved. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Conservation of Energy."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Conservation of Energy: Lesson 4
This lesson explains how energy can be transferred from one form to another, but is always conserved. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Conservation of Energy."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Conservation of Energy: Lesson 1
This lesson explains how energy can be transferred from one form to another, but is always conserved. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Conservation of Energy."
US Energy Information Administration
U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Forms of Energy: Laws
Article briefly discusses the law of conservation of energy and what is meant by energy efficiency.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Tracing the Transformation of Energy in a System
Trace the transformations of energy (kinetic to potential, etc.) in a system in this activity created by SMART. Students are asked to choose the type of transformation represented within different situations, such as a person rowing a...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Waterwheel Work
Students learn the history of the waterwheel and common uses for water turbines today. They explore kinetic energy by creating their own experimental waterwheel from a two-liter plastic bottle. They investigate the transformations of...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Rooftop Gardens: Are They a Cool Idea?
Around the world, rooftops are being transformed into living green expanses. Besides beauty, rooftop gardens have a number of advantages, including growing food and taking carbon dioxide out of the air while releasing breathable oxygen....
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: A River Ran Through It
Students learn how water is used to generate electricity. They investigate water's potential-to-kinetic energy transformation in hands-on activities about falling water and waterwheels. During the activities, they take measurements,...
Museum of Science
The Atoms Family
Let this classic family of monsters guide you as you learn about energy. Interactive exercises, experiments, and demonstrations help to build knowledge and raise questions.
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Heat and Work
With an overview of topics related to chemical energetics, this resource provides a foundation to a study of the second Law of Thermodynamics emphasizing the transformation in energy involved in work.
FT Exploring
Ft Exploring: The Flea, the Catapult, and the Bow: Robin Hood Revisited
Find out how fleas, catapults, and archers convert stored energy into kinetic energy.
Other
Fund. Of Phys. Geography/energy, Temperature, and Heat
A page describing (in part) the distinction between energy, temperature and heat. Includes a graphic illustrating the quantity of energy needed to transform water between various states. Methods of thermal energy transfer (convection,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Transform Me! Types of Energy
Students will understand the law of conservation of energy and the transformation of energy from one type to another.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Modeling Global Climate Change
Learners will gain an understanding of global climate change by exploring the role that energy plays in it. They will explore NetLogo models of climate and learn about cumulative effects.
Other
National Engineers Week Foundation: Hearing the Light
Students learn how laser communication systems are built by observing how sound can be encoded into, and transmitted by a light beam.
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