About Energy Skate Park
Learn about the conservation of energy at the skate park! Build tracks, ramps, and jumps for the skater. View the skater's kinetic energy, potential energy, and thermal energy as they move along the track. Measure the speed and adjust the friction, gravity, and mass.
How to play Energy Skate Park
Everything is hands-on: drag, click and experiment — the simulation reacts instantly. Learn about the conservation of energy at the skate park!
Questions & answers
- What is Energy Skate Park?
- Energy Skate Park is a free interactive simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations (University of Colorado Boulder) that you can play right in your browser on crumble.lol — no downloads and no sign-up. Learn about the conservation of energy at the skate park! Build tracks, ramps, and jumps for the skater.
- What can kids learn from Energy Skate Park?
- It helps kids explore: explain the conservation of mechanical energy using kinetic, gravitational potential, and thermal energy. describe how changing the mass, friction, or gravity affects the skater's energy. predict position or estimate speed from energy bar graph or pie chart. calculate speed or height at one position from information about a different position. describe what happens to the energy in the system when the reference height changes. design a skate park using the concepts of mechanical energy and energy conservation.
- What age is Energy Skate Park good for?
- It is designed for high school up to university, and curious kids outside that range can absolutely enjoy poking around it too.
- Is Energy Skate Park free to play?
- Yes — Energy Skate Park is completely free on crumble.lol and runs fully in your browser on computers and tablets.