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Energy Forms and Changes
| Explore how heating and cooling iron, brick, and water adds or removes energy. See how energy is transferred between objects. Build your own system, with energy sources, changers, and users. Track and visualize how energy flows and changes through your system. |
Teaching Resources
Main Topics
- Energy
- Conservation of Energy
- Energy Systems
- Energy Forms
- Energy Changes
- Thermal Energy
Sample Learning Goals
- Predict how energy will flow when objects are heated or cooled, or for objects in contact that have different temperatures.
- Describe the different types of energy and give examples from everyday life.
- Describe how energy can change from one form of energy into another.
- Explain conservation of energy in real-life systems.
- Design a system with energy sources, changers, and users and describe how energy flows and changes one form of energy into another.
- Tell the energy story for real-life systems.
Tips for Teachers
The teacher's guide (pdf) contains tips created by the PhET team.
Teaching Ideas
| Title | Authors | Level | Type | Updated |
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| Energy Forms Simulation Activity | Tim Perry | MS | Lab | 10/18/13 |
| PhET Energy Simulations | Casey Vogel | MS | Lab | 10/7/13 |
| Laboratorio- Materia-Energía | Paola Cárdenas | HS | Lab | 7/24/13 |
You can submit your own ideas and activities.
Related Simulations
Translated Versions:
| Language | Language (Translated) | Simulation Title | ||
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| Arabic | العربية | أشكال الطاقة وتحولاتها | Run Now | |
| Basque | Basque | Energia motak eta aldaketak | Run Now | |
| Bosnian | Bosnian | ENERGIJA, VRSTE I PROMJENE | Run Now | |
| Chinese - Simplified | 中文 (中国) | 能量的形式和转换 | Run Now | |
| Chinese - Traditional | 中文 (台灣) | 能量形式與轉化 | Run Now | |
| Croatian | hrvatski | Oblici energije i energetske promjene | Run Now | |
| Czech | čeština | Formy energie a její přeměny | Run Now | |
| Danish | Dansk | Energiformer og ændringer | Run Now | |
| Dutch | Nederlands | Soorten en veranderingen van energie | Run Now | |
| French | français | Energie formes et changements | Run Now | |
| German | Deutsch | Energieformen und Energieumwandlungen | Run Now | |
| Greek | Ελληνικά | Ενέργεια: μορφές και μετατροπές | Run Now | |
| Hebrew | עברית | צורות ומעברי אנרגיה | Run Now | |
| Hungarian | magyar | Energiafajták átalakítása | Run Now | |
| Italian | italiano | Forme e cambiamenti di energia | Run Now | |
| Korean | 한국어 | 에너지의 형태와 변화 | Run Now | |
| Macedonian | македонски | Видови облици на енергија | Run Now | |
| Norwegian Bokmal | Norwegian Bokmål | Energiformer og overganger | Run Now | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Norwegian Nynorsk | Energiformer og overgangar | Run Now | |
| Persian | Persian | شکل ها و تبدیل های انرژی | Run Now | |
| Polish | polski | Formy energii i ich przemiany | Run Now | |
| Portuguese | português | Formas de energia e transformações de energia | Run Now | |
| Romanian | română | Formele energiei si schimbarile sale | Run Now | |
| Serbian | Српски | Енергија, врсте и промене | Run Now | |
| Spanish | español | Cambios y formas de energías | Run Now | |
| Spanish (Peru) | español (Perú) | Formas y Cambios de Energía | Run Now | |
| Swedish | svenska | Energi former och övergångar | Run Now | |
| Turkish | Türkçe | Enerji Biçimleri ve Değişiklikleri | Run Now | |
| Vietnamese | Tiếng Việt | Các dạng và sự chuyển hoá năng lượng | Run Now |
Software Requirements
| Windows | Macintosh | Linux |
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Microsoft Windows
XP/Vista/7 Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
OS 10.5 or later
Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later |
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later |
Credits
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