Roller Coaster Energy Web Quest
Follow these links to help you complete the Webquest:
A. An Investigation of Potential and Kinetic Energy
Watch this video: (Link 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehx1P4adv6I
Questions:
1. What does a roller coaster have to do with the science of energy?
2. What is potential energy?
3. What is kinetic energy?
B. Check out the energy in a roller coaster ride!
Read the article and play the picture on this page to answer the questions below. (Link 2)
https://mass.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/hew06.sci.phys.maf.rollercoaster/energy-in-a-roller-coaster-ride/#.WiVhEVXtypp
Directions:
____1. Hit the PLAY button and watch the roller coaster
____2. Now, go step by step.
____3. Choose 2 colors of crayon or colored pencil.
____4. Make a Key below: Choose one color for potential Energy and one color for Kinetic Energy.
____5. Record the information in the data table from the graph and velocity box for each of the 6 steps of the roller coaster
Watch this video: (Link 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehx1P4adv6I
Questions:
1. What does a roller coaster have to do with the science of energy?
2. What is potential energy?
3. What is kinetic energy?
B. Check out the energy in a roller coaster ride!
Read the article and play the picture on this page to answer the questions below. (Link 2)
https://mass.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/hew06.sci.phys.maf.rollercoaster/energy-in-a-roller-coaster-ride/#.WiVhEVXtypp
Directions:
____1. Hit the PLAY button and watch the roller coaster
____2. Now, go step by step.
____3. Choose 2 colors of crayon or colored pencil.
____4. Make a Key below: Choose one color for potential Energy and one color for Kinetic Energy.
____5. Record the information in the data table from the graph and velocity box for each of the 6 steps of the roller coaster