1. 1. Do you think the Skater will make it over the first hump
1. Do you think the Skater will make it over the first hump? (No friction on the track)
No, because his potential energy will be converted to thermal energy
No, because he doesn’t have enough potential energy
Yes, because all of his potential energy will be converted to kinetic energy
Yes, because some of his energy will be potential and some kinetic

2. 2. Do you think the Skater will make it over the first hump
2. Do you think the Skater will make it over the first hump? (lots of track friction)
No, because his potential energy will be converted to thermal energy
No, because he doesn’t have enough potential energy
Yes, because all of his potential energy will be converted to kinetic energy
Yes, because some of his energy will be potential and some kinetic

3. 3. Do you think the Skater will make it over the first hump
3. Do you think the Skater will make it over the first hump? (No friction on the track)
No, because his potential energy will be converted to thermal energy
No, because he doesn’t have enough potential energy
Yes, because all of his potential energy will be converted to kinetic energy
Yes, because some of his energy will be potential and some kinetic

4. 4. Do you think the Skater will make it over the first hump
4. Do you think the Skater will make it over the first hump? (lots of track friction)
No, because his potential energy will be converted to thermal energy
Yes, if not too much energy is converted to thermal
Yes, because all of his potential energy will be converted to kinetic energy
Yes, because some of his energy will be potential and some kinetic

5. 5. In the next moment, the KE piece of the pie gets larger, thenB.
The Skater is going up hill (left)
The Skater is going down hill (right)
There is no way to tell

6. 6. In the next moment, the KE piece of the pie gets larger, then
The PE part stays the same
The PE part gets larger too
The PE part gets smaller
There is no way to tell

7. 7. In the next moment, the KE piece of the pie gets larger, then
The Skater will be going faster
The Skater will be going slower
There is no way to tell

8. 8. The dotted line on the chart shows the energy of the Skater, where could she be on the track?
The point E is Zero PE
The track is saved, but you have to change the skater to the girl. It is the default track, but I used the pause to place her at the very top of the track and moved the track so that she reaches zero PE (nearly)

9. 9. The bar graph shows the energy of the Skater, where could she be on the track?

10. 10. The pie graph shows the energy of the Skater, where could she be on the track?KE B PE

11. 11. If the ball is at point 4, which chart could represent the ball’s energy?KE PE A. B. C. D. 2 1 3 4
The track is saved, but you have to select the ball and give it maximum mass to see the pie well. I used the loop track with the ball skater and made it more massive. The answer is C
A is at 1 or 3
B is at the lowest point on the track

12. 12. If a heavier ball is at point 4, how would the pie chart change?KE
No changes
The pie would be larger
The PE part would be larger
The KE part would be larger PE 2 1 3 4 B
Change the ball’s mass to show this

13. 13. As the ball rolls from point 4, the KE bar gets taller
13. As the ball rolls from point 4, the KE bar gets taller. Which way is the ball rolling?
At Next step 2 1 3 4
You will need to Zoom out on the bar graph window to see the top of the bars Up
Down
not enough info

14. 14. The Energy chart of a boy skating looks like this
How would you describe his speed?
He is at his maximum speed
He is stopped
He is going his average speed
He is going slow
He is going fast A

15. 15. The Energy chart of a boy skating looks like this
How would you describe his speed?
He is at his maximum speed
He is stopped
He is going his average speed
He is going slow
He is going fast C
Have the students predict by drawing the charts for B, D and E then show the next slide

16. 16. Select a letter for each: stopped, slow and fastB A
A slow
B stopped
C fast