Physics: Energy Skate Park

Part A: Students will draw and explain a molecular model showing what happens to the skater's molecules at the microscopic level as thermal energy increases, then relate this to what is happening at the macroscopic level of the skater on the ramp.

Part B: Students will describe energy changes in a system over time using both words and graphical representations and explain how each model (bar graph and pie chart) shows the total amount of energy available in the system, and draw each model for a situation with a different amount of initial energy.

Part C: Students will build, explain, and justify (with the sim) equations for total energy, and conservation of energy; draw scaled graphical models of energy for an object at a specific position using your energy equations; and write equations for the total energy of an object at a specific position using scaled graphical models.

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