Educational Services » Physics on the Edge http://wosu.org/2012/education Educational Resources from WOSU Public Media Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:43:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Educational Resources from WOSU Public Media Educational Services no Educational Resources from WOSU Public Media Educational Services » Physics on the Edge http://wosu.org/2012/education/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://wosu.org/2012/education/category/k-12/physics-on-the-edge/ Scientific Inquiry http://wosu.org/2012/education/scientific-inquiry/ http://wosu.org/2012/education/scientific-inquiry/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:17:15 +0000 Scott Gowans http://beta.wosu.org/education/?p=705 Observation is key in science. Using this principle, explain how a car might get its front smashed. Can there be more than one explanation?

]]> http://wosu.org/2012/education/scientific-inquiry/feed/ 0 Potential Energy Defined http://wosu.org/2012/education/potential-energy-defined/ http://wosu.org/2012/education/potential-energy-defined/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:10:11 +0000 Scott Gowans http://beta.wosu.org/education/?p=699 Kinetic energy is moving energy. Potential energy is possible energy, such as an object that could fall.

]]> http://wosu.org/2012/education/potential-energy-defined/feed/ 0 Transforming Energy http://wosu.org/2012/education/transforming-energy/ http://wosu.org/2012/education/transforming-energy/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:13:40 +0000 Scott Gowans http://beta.wosu.org/education/?p=111 Energy can be transformed from kinetic to potential, and vice versa. In this video, skateboarders demonstrate both principles.

The kinetic energy of an object is the energy which it possesses due to its motion.

Potential energy is the energy stored in a body or in a system due to its position in a force field or due to its configuration.

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