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Motion and Energy

Motion

"Acceleration" BrainPop Movie

Sport Science
Learn the science behind hockey, skateboarding, baseball and more!

Science of the Olympic Winter Games

Energy Transformations

Energy Kids Page

"Potential and Kinetic Energy" BrainPop Movies

Phet Energy Skate Park

Roller Coaster Energy Transformations
This page does an EXCELLENT job showing the transformation between KE and GPE on a roller coaster.

Conservation of Energy Simulations

Galileo Drops the Ball

Heat Transfer

Physics4Kids - Heat and Thermal Energy

Heat Transfer - Conduction, Convection, and Radiation

Intro to Heat Transfer

Amusement Park Physics

How Roller Coasters Work
Go to this site first. It has LOTS of excellent information and animations!! Make sure you read through all the different pages.

Roller Coaster Physics
Scientific principles behind roller coasters

Amusement Parks and Roller Coasters
This site has a good explanation of energy transformation on a roller coaster.

Amusement Park Physics
How does a roller coaster work?

Roller Coaster Simulations

Amusement Park Physics:
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/coaster/

Funderstanding Site:
http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/

Discovery Site:
http://dsc.discovery.com/games/coasters/interactive.html