Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Test Prep: Mcat: Physical Processes: Electrostatics: Electric Potential
Discusses electric forces, electric fields, electric potential, and the role that electric potential plays in enabling materials to pass through a cell membrane.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Ionization Energies
A concise description of ionization energy, and a line graph that plots the ionization energies of the first 88 elements vs. the atomic numbers.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Height Limits and Linearity of Bouncy Balls
You might think that plants and animals have little in common with batteries, springs, or slingshots, but they actually do have something in common. Both living and non-living things store and transfer energy from one form to another. In...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: How Long Will My Sleepy Yo Yo Sleep?
Yo-yo's are a fun toy and there is nothing simpler than a string wrapped between two connected disks. But there's a lot of physics that makes a yo-yo work. In this science fair project, learn more about how and why a yo-yo works. You...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Work and Energy: Energy Transformation on Roller Coasters
Using a roller coaster as an example, the transformation of mechanical energy from the form of potential to the form of kinetic and vice versa is explained and illustrated in the animation.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Swinging Pendulum
This activity shows students the engineering importance of understanding the laws of mechanical energy. More specifically, it demonstrates how potential energy can be converted to kinetic energy and back again. Given a pendulum height,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Amusement Park Ride: Ups and Downs in Design
This unit has students design and build foam tubing roller coasters. The design process integrates energy concepts as they test and evaluate their designs that address the task as an engineer would. The goal is for students to understand...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Swinging Pendulum
This activity demonstrates how potential energy (PE) can be converted to kinetic energy (KE) and back again. Given a pendulum height, students calculate and predict how fast the pendulum will swing by understanding conservation of energy...
Other
Puhinui School: The Atoms Family: The Mummy's Tomb: Raceways
Help the Mummy build a rollercoaster to entertain the Atoms Family monsters by investigating the concepts of kinetic and potential energy.
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.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: What Is an Electric Circuit?
In this tutorial the concept of electric potential difference is discussed. Electric potential is the amount of electric potential energy per unit of charge that would be possessed by a charged object if placed within an electric field...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Physics: Electric Fields and Potentials
Defines electric potential, field lines, and equipotential lines. Contains example problems and formulas for solving.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Physics and Astronomy: Electric Potential and Charge
From The Scots Guide to Electronics web site. The meaning of electric potential is described. A combination of diagrams and words are used to explain this difficult concept without the use of mathematics. Very well done!
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Physics: Coulomb's Law
Here is a presentation of Coulomb's Law and the electric field potential formula, with example problems.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Amusement Park Physics: Roller Coaster
This interesting and interactive exhibit demonstrates how Newton's Laws of Motion impact the design and safety of roller coasters.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Energy: Lesson 3
This lesson discusses the role energy plays within living things. It is 3 of 7 in the series titled "Energy."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Energy: Lesson 4
This lesson will present the different states of energy and how they affect living things. It is 4 of 7 in the series titled "Energy."
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Build a 'Breath Spray Bomb' to Study Small Explosion
Hold onto your hats. In this science fair project, you will make a device that sends a film canister across the room with a small chemical explosion. The energy for the explosion is derived from the combustion of ethanol. You will...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 1: Gravity
Combined with aspects of circular motion, students discover that Kepler's third law follows directly from the law of universal gravitation. This unit will expand upon the conservation of energy principle for problems beyond the confines...
Other
Fear of Physics: Roller Coaster
Use animation and other interactive strategies to help understand physics principles. Change the track and height to see if your ball can make it to the end.
Physics4kids
Physics 4 Kids: Energy in Motion Quiz
Take this ten question multiple choice quiz on energy in motion.
Physics World
Physics World: Contextual Physics in Ocean Park
After downloading the "Motion Video Analysis" software, users can collect data about moving object's position from digital movie clips. This collection of data will allow them to plot motion graphs and draw conclusions about physics in...
Curated OER
Hyper Physics: Elastic Potential Energy
This site from Georgia State University Physics Department defines elastic potential energy and explains its origin. Provides an equation for computing elastic potential energy and an opportunity to practice solving problems with an...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Dielectrics Article
This article from Khan Academy provides information about dielectrics. This information is intended for the Class 12 Physics Course (India).