Conservation of Mechanical Energy

Students use a Smart Cart and dynamics system to explore how the kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy, and total mechanical energy of a cart/earth system changes as the cart rolls down an inclined track.

Grade Level: Advanced Placement

Subject: Physics

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Conservation of Mechanical Energy 8.68 KB
Conservation of Mechanical Energy 315.86 KB
Conservation of Mechanical Energy (Guided Inquiry) 198.55 KB
Conservation of Mechanical Energy (Student Designed) 197.91 KB
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Standards Correlations

IB® Topics AP® Topics
2.3 5.B.4.1; 5.B.4.2

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