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Course, Subject

Mathematics, Physics, Math, Science & Technology

Description

This simulation will allow students to explore forces, energy and work as they push household objects up and down a ramp. Students will observe that as they lower and raise the ramp, the angle affects the parallel forces acting on the objects. A graph maps out the forces, energy, and work.

Using the simulation, students will:

• Explain the motion of an object on an incline plane by drawing free body diagrams.
• Calculate the net force on an object on an incline.
• Predict the various forces that act on various objects in a given situation.

Website(s)

PhET Interactive Simulations

Simulation

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• The Ramp

Requirements

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Content Provider

Physics Education Technology
The Physics Education Technology (PhET) project at the University of Colorado produces fun, interactive simulations of physical phenomena that make bridges to the real world.

Related Academic Standards

New York State

S.MS.PS.3.2 Students who demonstrate understanding can develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system.

S.MS.PS.3.5 Students who demonstrate understanding can construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when work is done on or by a system, the energy of the system changes as energy is transferred to or from the system.

MST4.I.PS4.1 Students describe the sources and identify the transformations of energy observed in everyday life.

MST4.I.PS5.1 Students describe different patterns of motion of objects.