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Energy Conservation Using PhET simulations (University of Colorado) Conceptual Physics Lab Online By John Stratton Goal: To calculate the kinetic, potential, and total energies for a skater on a track, and relate them to the Law of Conservation of Energy. Procedure 1. Go to the link provided to the Energy Skate Park. Click on the simulation to start. Part 1: Newton’s First Law, Revisited Galileo’s observed that a mass rolling down one ramp and up another would almost return to its starting height. He assumed that it would return to the starting height in the absence of friction. 2. Select the Playground tab at the bottom. Click the circular reset button on the lower right. 3. Check the grid and speed options and uncheck all other boxes. Leave all other controls at their default positions. 4. Build a ramp that looks like Figure 1 below. It does not have to be identical, but the right side must be as least as tall as the left. Figure 1 5. Click the Pause button. 6. Position the skater on the left side of the track at one of the exact heights on the grid. Put the red dot exactly at that height. Record the height in your lab notebook. By John Stratton (2022) 1
7. Press the Play button to release the skater. Note the maximum height that the skater attains on the other side and record it in your lab notebook 8. Click the Pause button. 9. Now, make the outgoing ramp less steep as shown in Figure 2. Again, position and release the skater from the left side of the track at the same height as before on the grid. Be sure that the right side is at least as high as the release point. Note the maximum height that the skater attains on the other side and record it in your lab notebook. Figure 2 10. Click the Pause button. 11. Lastly, make the outgoing ramp horizontal as in Figure 3. This will require combining two tracks end to end; they will connect automatically when positioned. Release the skater from the same height as before. Record the speed of the skater on the horizontal portion of the track. Does the skater’s speed along the horizontal portion change? By John Stratton (2022) 2
Figure 3 Part 2: Comparing Initial Potential Energy and Final Kinetic Energy In this part, you will calculate the initial potential energy of the skater at the top and the final kinetic energy of the skater at the bottom. 12. Select the Measure tab at the bottom. Click the circular reset button on the lower right. 13. Check the Grid, Speed and Pie Chart options and uncheck all other boxes. Set a mass for the skater and record it in your lab notebook. Set Gravity to be exactly 10.0 m/s 2 . Leave all other controls at their default positions. 14. Build a ramp that looks like Figure 4 below. It does not have to be identical, but the right side must be as least as tall as the left Figure 4 By John Stratton (2022) 3
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