Citizen Science No. 17 by Jamie Zvirzdin Energy Demystified: Bounce Back This Summer with Elastic Potential Energy What do ballpoint pens, Slinkies, your muscles and tendons, and my dog’s running leash have in common? Last month we talked about potential energy (PE for short). It’s a beautiful, invisible physics quantity that stores energy based on where something is placed, like a book on a high shelf. The book now has the potential to fall, but it hasn’t fallen yet. While…
