About Energy Skate Park: Basics
Learn about conservation of energy with a skater gal! Explore different tracks and view the kinetic energy, potential energy and friction as she moves. Build your own tracks, ramps, and jumps for the skater.
How to play Energy Skate Park: Basics
Everything is hands-on: drag, click and experiment — the simulation reacts instantly. Learn about conservation of energy with a skater gal!
Questions & answers
- What is Energy Skate Park: Basics?
- Energy Skate Park: Basics 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 conservation of energy with a skater gal! Explore different tracks and view the kinetic energy, potential energy and friction as she moves.
- What can kids learn from Energy Skate Park: Basics?
- It helps kids explore: explain the conservation of mechanical energy concept using kinetic energy (ke) and gravitational potential energy (pe). describe how the energy bar and pie charts relate to position and speed. explain how changing the skater mass affects energy. explain how changing the track friction affects energy. predict position or estimate speed from energy bar and pie charts. calculate speed or height at one position from information about a different position. calculate ke and pe at one position from information about a different position. design a skate park using the concepts of mechanical energy and energy conservation.
- What age is Energy Skate Park: Basics good for?
- It is designed for elementary school (roughly ages 5–10) up to university, and curious kids outside that range can absolutely enjoy poking around it too.
- Is Energy Skate Park: Basics free to play?
- Yes — Energy Skate Park: Basics is completely free on crumble.lol and runs fully in your browser on computers and tablets.