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| GUIDES | |
| 1 | Electricity Examples Definitions of quantities, explanations of equations, worked out example problems. |
| 2 | Electrostatic Charge Discussion of electric charge and its characteristics. Includes the origin of the word "electric." |
| 3 | Conductors and
Insulators An older phyzguide on electric conducts, insulators, and conservation of charge. |
| 4 | Getting a Charge Triboelectricity, conduction, and induction. Also losing a charge: corona discharge. |
| 5 | Coulomb's Law Step-by-step construction of Coulomb's Law with a comparison to Universal Gravitation. |
| 6 | Electric Fields Side-by-side comparison and explanation of gravitational and electric fields. |
| JOBS | |
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Balancing
Charges
1 [Job} at TPT Qualitative puzzles involving the mass and charge of electrons. |
| 2 | Be
Franklin For a Day [Job] at TPT A section of a letter in which Franklin describes his famous kite experiment, with questions based on the passage. |
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Balancing
Charges 2 [Job] at TPT Qualitative puzzles involving the mass and charge of electrons. |
| 4 | Electric Force by
the Numbers Springboard - Answers Quantitative development of Coulomb's Law. |
| 5 | Fields Springboard -
Answers - Presentation (QuickTime) Develops the ideas of the electric field by way of analogy with the gravitational field. |
| 6 | Field Plots - Answers - Presentation
(Quicktime) Plot the electric field surrounding spherical charges and charges plates. |
| LABS
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| 1 | A
Pithy Matter [Virtual Lab] at TPT Inquiry-based exploration of electrostatic force involving a pith ball electroscope |
| 2 |
Electroscopia
[Virtual Lab] at TPT Inquiry-based exploration of electrostatic force incolving a can form electroscope |
| 3 | The
Laws of Repulsion [PhETLab] at TPT Developing Coulumb's law using a PhET sim. |
| DEMOS - The unlinked titles below are available in the Conceptual Physics lab manual from Pearson Education - Amazon link | |
| 1 | Charging
Ahead [Virtual Demonstration] at TPT Questions about several demonstrations using a Van de Graaff generator. |
| OTHER | |
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Electricity Begins
With an M -
Presentation (QuickTime) Part of the "Physics Begins with an M" series. Make a transperency and put it on the overhead on the first day of the unit to enhance curiousity in the material of the unit. Electricity Begins With an M Keynote A nifty Keynote presentation of the M's. (Keynote is Apple's presentation software; PowerPoint is Microsoft's presentation software.) Trust me, neither Keynote nor PowerPoint are The Great Saviors of education. I recommend using them sparingly if at all. Better to teach! |
| 3 | Mechanical Universe: Static
Electricity (College) at TPT This episode covers the basics of static electricity. |
| 4 | PBS
NOVA: Lightning! at TPT |
| 5 |
Conceptual
Physics Alive! Electrostatics at TPT |
| 6 |
Shock and Awe:
The Story of Electricity - Episode 1: Spark at
TPT |
| 7 |
Electric Field Hockey
Competition Information on this computer program can be found here |
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Electrostatics
Crossword Puzzle at TPT Not a typical academic subject matter crossword. This one adds general high school vocabulary words. Over 100 words and 150 crosses in total. |
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PracTest
Complete |
Click here for a legend and explanation of cryptic terms and abbreviations.
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