This resource is part of Science Friday’s Educator Phenomena Forum and was developed collaboratively by Jose Rivas, an engineering and AP science teacher in Lennox, California, and Sarah Han, a PhD ...

Potential energy is the energy stored of position by an object. It is a type of energy that can be converted to other forms and related to some attractive or pushing forces. Gravitational potential ...

elastic potential energy (\(\text{E}_{e}\)) is measured in joules (J) spring constant (\(k\)) is measured in newtons per metre (N/m) extension, referring to the ...

Energy close energyEnergy can be stored and transferred. Energy is a conserved quantity. can be described as being in different ‘stores’. Energy cannot be created or destroyed. Energy can be ...