Energy Forms and Changes
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About
Topics
- Energy
- Conservation of Energy
- Energy Systems
- Energy Forms
- Energy Changes
- Thermal Energy
Description
Explore how heating and cooling iron, brick, and water adds or removes energy. See how energy is transferred between objects. Build your own system, with energy sources, changers, and users. Track and visualize how energy flows and changes through your system.
Sample Learning Goals
- Predict how energy will flow when objects are heated or cooled, or for objects in contact that have different temperatures.
- Describe the different types of energy and give examples from everyday life.
- Describe how energy can change from one form of energy into another.
- Explain conservation of energy in real-life systems.
- Design a system with energy sources, changers, and users and describe how energy flows and changes one form of energy into another.
- Tell the energy story for real-life systems.
For Teachers
Teacher Tips
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Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ). |
Teacher-Submitted Activities
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| Energy Forms and Changes PhET Lab |
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Elizabeth Hobbs | UG-Intro HS |
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| Temperature and Energy NGSS aligned |
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Rosemary Wulf | HS MS |
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| Energy Chains |
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Nikolaos Nerantzis | MS | Lab Other HW |
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| Energy Forms and Changes Simulation |
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A. Norberg | MS | Lab CQs HW |
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| PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum |
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Julia Chamberlain | HS UG-Intro |
Other | |
| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | |
| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | |
| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | HS MS |
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| PhET Simulations Aligned for AP Physics C | Roberta Tanner | HS | Other | ||
| Energy Forms and Changes | Jessica Pham | K-5 | Lab | ||
| Energy Forms Simulation Activity | Tim Perry | MS | Lab | ||
| PhET Energy Simulations | Casey Vogel | MS | Lab | ||
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Nikolaos Nerantzis | HS | Lab Guided HW |
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| Temperature and changes | Muhammad Iqbal | MS | Lab | ||
| Formas y Cambios de Energía | D. Ricardo Chunga | MS | Lab | ||
| Laboratorio- Materia-Energía | Paola Cárdenas | HS | Lab |
Translations
Related Simulations
Software Requirements
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Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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OS 10.5 or later Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later
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Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
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Credits
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