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COMBINED RATING

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LENGTH

25 Minutes

GRADES

6
7
8

CAPABILITIES

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Description

Get ready for an exciting and challenging physics puzzle game where your skills and knowledge will be put to the test! In this 2D cartoonish game, you’ll need to guide a ball into a basket by drawing paths that convert potential energy into kinetic energy. At the start of each level, the ball is placed at a specific height, giving it potential energy. Once you hit the "play" button, this energy transforms into kinetic energy, and your goal is to use your drawn lines to direct the ball towards the basket while collecting jerseys and hitting extra points by interacting with quiz buttons and stars scattered throughout the levels. As you progress through 16 increasingly difficult levels, you’ll face new challenges like defenders, springs, and more complex obstacles that will require clever strategies and precise timing. With each new stage, the game introduces new elements, including quizzes to test your knowledge of potential energy and fun rewards to unlock as you advance. This game is not just about getting the ball in the basket—it’s about understanding the science behind the game, mastering the transformation of energy, and overcoming the challenges that lie ahead. Can you score the perfect shot while learning how potential and kinetic energy work together? Play now and find out!

Vocabulary Words

potential energy
kinetic energy
mass
pendulum
gravitational potential energy
gravitational field
stored energy

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Potential Energy. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Gravitational potential energy is the energy of an object's position relative to another mass.
Potential energy results from the relative position of an object in a system.
Potential energy is stored energy in matter.
Kinetic and potential energy can transform from one to the other as an object moves.
On Earth, gravitational potential energy is proportional to the height of an object above the ground.
Gravitational potential energy is proportional to the mass of an object.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What is energy? How does a rubber band have energy? How does a magnet have energy?

After the Game

What is the difference between potential and kinetic energy? What happened when you used a bowling ball versus the basketball? Why was it different? How does mass affect energy? How does gravity affect energy?

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