Kinetic and Potential Energy

This 3D e-scenario allows students to explore the relationship between potential and kinetic energy by interacting directly with a car on a fairground ramp.

The user can run the car over the ramp and see its speed and height changing.

There is a speedometer and a height meter as well as a set of light gates at various points along the ramp. The e-scenario has the immediate impact of showing how the potential energy and the kinetic energy of the car changes through its motion along the track.

The e-scenario includes a series of exercises in which students investigate and establish the relationships for themselves through observation and measurement.

Finally, a GCSE exam question is examined where the user can apply what has been learned.

The package is supplied as a PowerPoint presentation containing the teaching material and a link to the online e-scenario. The e-scenario runs in any WebGL-compatible browser, including Edge, Firefox and Safari.

The product licence is for one school for one year and is for personal and classroom use only. Copying any part of this resource is forbidden and violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Whilst efforts will be made to maintain third party links to external sites these cannnot be guaranteed in perpetuity. Purchasing and downloading this product is your consent to these conditions.