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Cool Tools Review
There was so much presented in the cool tools sessions it is hard to remember all of it. Thankfully, there are links in the wikispace for each of the tools. I would have to say my favorite cool tools session was Wednesday's cool tools session on Science with Bethany Smith. I really liked the inquiry lesson she modeled using the virtual cannon from Phet. I can see my students really getting into an experiment like that. The entire group worked with the cannon trying to hit the target, but each group had a different variable to work with, so each group had something different to add to the conversation.

Lesson
Explore Kinetic and Potential energy using the Energy Skate Park Simulator.

Driving question: What is the mathematical relationship between Potential and Kinetic energy?

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Use the Graph buttons to explore the mathematical relationship.

Does your hypothesis change if you change your location to the moon? Change the gravity to at least three other settings to verify your hypothesis.