Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
In this video we will explain conservation of mechanical energy using one of the excellent simulation from PhET interactive simulations. The simulation is entitled Energy Skate Park Basics. We will review kinetic energy, potential energy, total mechanical energy and conservation of energy before presenting a detailed explain of how mechanical energy is conserved in a closed system. At the end of the video we will go over three examples for calculating the energy of the skater at various point in the track.
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Chapters:
0:00 Energy Skate Park Basics
0:35 Kinetic Energy
1:30 Potential Energy
2:55 Conservation of Energy
3:50 Simulation Explanation
10:40 Example No. 1
12:20 Example No. 2
13:05 Example No. 3
In this video we will explain conservation of mechanical energy using one of the excellent simulation from PhET interactive simulations. The simulation is entitled Energy Skate Park Basics. We will review kinetic energy, potential energy, total mechanical energy and conservation of energy before presenting a detailed explain of how mechanical energy is conserved in a closed system. At the end of the video we will go over three examples for calculating the energy of the skater at various point in the track.
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Teacher Pay Teachers Store: tinyurl.com/y6d2cdfj
Instagram: instagram.com/stepbystepscience101
Website: stepbystepscience.com
Blog: stepbystepscience.com/blog
Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/stepbystepscience
PhET Energy Skate Park Basics Simulation: tinyurl.com/yc78rb8y
Link for sharing this video: youtu.be/ZvqJP_wJjEo
Support my channel by doing all of the following:
(1) Subscribe to get all my excellent physics, chemistry and math videos.
(2) Click the notifications bell so you don’t miss any of our amazing content.
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Chapters:
0:00 Energy Skate Park Basics
0:35 Kinetic Energy
1:30 Potential Energy
2:55 Conservation of Energy
3:50 Simulation Explanation
10:40 Example No. 1
12:20 Example No. 2
13:05 Example No. 3
